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September 2 nd marks the 50th anniversary of ERISA—the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This landmark legislation provided essential regulations to our pension system and established ...

FERS provides a three-part retirement plan for U.S. civilian federal employees. Retirees receive Social Security, Basic Benefit Plan pensions, and Thrift Savings like a 401(k). Full retirement is age ...

In a letter to House Democrats, OPM Director Scott Kupor touted the benefits of a new online platform in streamlining the ...

The United States government's Deferred Resignation Program 2.0 (DRP 2.0), is a voluntary program that lets federal employees resign in advance but still get paid and keep benefits until September 30, ...

For federal employees who were hired before 1984, it was easy, they were under the single benefit, Civil Service Retirement System. The retirement age was 55. It was common for a typical federal ...