Quick ReadA 30-year FERS employee earning $90,000 retires on just $27,000 annually, which represents 30% of pre-retirement ...

The special retirement supplement doesn’t increase. It’s set at the amount of Social Security benefit you earned while a FERS employee. The SRS is paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and ...

Here are some crucial tips for every stage of your federal career: Understand the parts of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) You know how long you’ve been a federal employee, but is there ...

The following is a question submitted by a reader to Federal Times columnist Reg Jones, a charter member of the senior executive service and the resident expert on federal employee retirement issues. ...

House Republicans have revised key parts of their proposed spending cuts targeting federal employee retirement benefits, softening some of the most controversial measures in response to internal ...

It takes three years for most employees covered under FERS to be “vested” in the Thrift Savings Plan. When it comes to retirement savings plans, vesting means you can keep all of the money in your ...

If you're a federal employee getting ready to retire under FERS, you've probably heard the advice that waiting until age 70 to start Social Security is ...

I am 53 years old with 18 years of service. I understand that I can retire under the Federal Employees Retirement System at age 55, when I will have 20 years of service. I also understand that if I ...