Blue Cross FEP premiums rise 8.6% to 11% in 2027. See the new rates for Standard, Basic, and FEP Blue Focus, plus how much ...

Millions of Social Security recipients and retired federal employees now know how much their retirement payments will increase in 2027. The answer is good news for retirees facing higher prices, ...

Many federal employees and members of the uniformed services find that a carefully considered TSP plan is essential to meet their retirement goals and ensure a secure financial future. The Role of TSP ...

Federal payroll employment has fallen by 336,000 jobs since January 2025, a decline that far surpasses the shifts seen during Trump’s first term or throughout the four years of the Biden ...

In a brief but consequential opinion issued July 8, 2025, the Supreme Court lifted a lower court’s injunction that had blocked the Trump administration’s sweeping plans to restructure the federal ...

The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) is growing. It now has more than $1 trillion in assets. How does the TSP grow? Obviously, federal employees keep investing a portion of their income. These investments ...

Office of Personnel Management Director Kiran Ahuja announced her resignation today. According to Politico, she plans to depart the agency in early May “to deal with an ongoing health concern and ...

If you’re a federal employee preparing for retirement, you’ve likely spent decades saving into your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) and counting on your FERS pension. But there’s a critical factor many ...

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) retirement backlog fell to 49,888 in April 2026, a decrease of 5,793 claims (10.4%) from the end of March. It’s the second straight month of decline and the ...

Federal retirees often discover that Medicare’s Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount (IRMAA) increases their Part B and Part D premiums. A reader in an online comment in a recent FedSmith article, ...

When Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) died last year, I wondered what that would mean for the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, the bill that he introduced every year since 2014 with ...