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Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne.By several measures, Social Security is an agency in some crisis. Its labor relations are strained with … [Continue reading] about From a former commissioner, advice for the next team at Social Security
Most years, the size of the federal pay raise and the retiree inflation catchup are important to millions of active and retired feds. And, in the big picture, even more important to the communities where they live, vote, buy groceries and raise kids. … [Continue reading] about What if your next pay raise is a retiree COLA?
Unless you’re a historian or Jeopardy champ, you probably don’t know the actual dates of the Thirty Years War. Or care much! But like most wars, it was bad. Lots of innocent people killed or displaced. The victors write the history, etc. Sort of like … [Continue reading] about War on Social Security’s WEP/Offset rule: No end in sight!
If, like me, one of your parents or relatives was a lifelong fed, picking the best time to retire (year, month, date) was relatively easy. A no-brainer really. The longer they worked and more they made under the old Civil Service Retirement System, … [Continue reading] about Retire at the ‘right age’ and write your own ticket!
The Office of Personnel Management’s backlog of retirement claims continued to climb in February, reaching a record high of 35,424. This is despite OPM reporting a drop in the number of claims awaiting processing compared to January — 1,025 fewer … [Continue reading] about OPM retirement backlog increases to new record high in February
