Wes Battle has been glued to the phone at his financial-planning office in Maryland for days, endlessly fielding calls from clients, most of whom work for the federal government. They all want to know ...

Erica Roach, the chief financial officer of the US Office of Personnel Management, resigned this week amid swift changes to ...

health insurance for more than 8 million employees, retirees and eligible family; and life insurance coverage for more than 4 ...

Federal employees have a combination of pension benefits, the Thrift Savings Plan, Social Security, the Federal Employee ...

The Office of Personnel Management is giving agencies the authority to offer early retirement to federal employees — in addition to the “deferred resignation” offer sent to most federal employees in a ...

There’s a widespread rule of thumb that retirees need about 70% to 80% of their pre-retirement income. However, this ...

The Office of Personnel Management will grant federal agencies the authority to offer early retirement in conjunction with this week’s offer of purported “deferred resignations” to most ...

The report indicates that families are paying 22% more for private health insurance premiums, with the cost for individuals rising by 20% compared to pre-pandemic prices. “When you actually add ...

It helps manage the civil service, including pay schedules, health insurance and pension programs. The U.S. Office of Government Ethics was spun off from OPM in 1989. As the OPM website notes ...

Created in 1979 under President Jimmy Carter, the OPM is the equivalent of the government's human resources department. It helps manage the civil service, including pay schedules, health insurance and ...

If you buy health insurance independently instead of obtaining from an employer or government program, your monthly premiums will increase markedly as you get older. As you approach retirement ...

If you buy health insurance independently instead of obtaining from an employer or government program, your monthly premiums will increase markedly as you get older. As you approach retirement, in ...