Month: December 2022

The end of the year is when a lot of feds decide to retire. Here’s a quick checklist about the process for submitting a retirement application.

Jen explores items 8 through 10 from her ‘Top 10 Easy Ways to Ruin a Federal Retirement’ series.

Our weekly quiz goes over funds in the TSP and myths about owning an HCFSA.

An update on NASA’s unmanned mission to the lunar orbit, plus Boeing’s X-37B spaceship lands after over 900 days in orbit.

A federal employee will receive a lump-sum payment for any unused annual leave hours when he or she separates from federal service.

The backlog of pending retirement claims in OPM’s inventory hit its lowest point of the year – but the end-of-year surge is looming.

In what situations can you use sick leave? Can you use annual leave instead if you’re sick? How is sick leave credited when calculating your FERS or CSRS pension?

Test your knowledge with our quiz for federal employees and retirees - this week's questions are about FLTCIP, HSAs, and Cybersecurity.

Passing both chambers of Congress, a recent piece of legislation is set to provide a major fix to federal retirement special provisions.

Although the 4.6% average pay raise for federal employees is pretty set – it has yet to be finalized.