Federal retirement has been a hot topic on Capitol Hill lately, with proposed changes sparking plenty of questions. Here’s a ...

The Senate draft of the new tax bill cut retirement provisions in the House bill that would have reduced current federal workers’ retirement benefits, but added a provision that would reduce benefits ...

South_agency / Getty Images The Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) is a retirement plan that covers all employees in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the federal ...

In recent years, the federal retirement application process has come under scrutiny for being outdated and cumbersome. Despite advancements in technology, the system remained heavily reliant on ...

So evaluating the two systems, as one reader noted, “is a little like comparing apples and oranges.” But readers of the column certainly had their opinions and perspectives on CSRS and FERS.

The Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) is a defined-benefit retirement plan for civilian employees of the U.S. federal government. What Is the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)?

The largest proposal would increase revenues by $30.7 billion by requiring long-serving federal workers to increase their contributions into the Federal Employees Retirement System, or FERS ...

Elon Musk on Tuesday referenced an old limestone mine where federal government employee retirement paperwork trudges its way though an entirely analogue system. It's real, and retirement ...

The Office of Personnel Management is giving agencies less than a month to start submitting all new retirement applications for federal employees electronically, moving away from a largely paper-based ...

As mentioned above, active-duty retirees who join the FERS system face some restrictions. Your civil service HR department can assist you with the details. For additional information, please ...