Retirement

FILE - This Wednesday, April 14, 2016, file photo, shows a push-button landline telephone, in Whitefield, Maine. According to a U.S. government survey released Thursday, May 4, 2017, homes and apartments with only cellphone service exceeded 50 percent for the first time, reaching 50.8 percent for the last six months of 2016. On the flip side, 45.9 percent of U.S. households still have landline phones, including newer internet-based services common with cable TV and internet packages, while the remaining households have no phone service at all. More than 39 percent of U.S. households have both landline and cellphone service. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Rumors targeting Social Security recipients cause inundation of SSA phone lines

A fake news article suggested that beneficiaries would get an immediate $600 payment increase.

Federal Newscast

OPM retirement claims backlog at lowest level since May 2016

Retirement

Peter Musurlian

Why it pays to think twice about paying off that mortgage before retirement

Retirement

Difficult location choices for military retirees

Retirement

FILE - Convicted mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, hands are seen in handcuffs as he arrives at the court room in a courthouse in Oslo, Aug. 24, 2012 . A decade after the 2011 bombing and shooting spree that left 77 dead, Breivik is seeking early release from a 21-year sentence — the maximum term in Norway. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Feds convicted of sex crimes might lose their pensions

Federal Newscast

OPM sees slight drop in retirement claims backlog

Retirement

Worried about retirement prospects? Run the numbers!

Federal Report

Five ways to really louse up your Thrift Savings Plan account

Retirement

New wrinkle on the notion of postponing your federal retirement

Retirement

Another column on retirement. This time, I’m joining you

Federal Report

Congress again ponders updating Social Security policy for non-eligible federal retirees

Retirement

Repeal or reform? House lawmakers weigh responses to WEP, GPO

Many lawmakers are pushing for a full repeal of WEP and GPO, but others are instead looking to reform the benefit calculations for affected federal annuitants.

Congress

OPM retirement backlog continues improvement in processed claims for March

OPM also made improvements in the inventory backlog shrinking it by 2,786, for a total of 16,823 claims in March, the lowest it’s been since December 2023.

Retirement

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, just cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Everyone knows the tech industry is big, but it can be challenging to get your head around just how big it is. At least until you look at it from a different angle and realize that Apple makes more money in a day than 2500 average U.S. households can expect to see in a year. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Retirement planning enters era of renewed inflation

Retirement

With the era of near-zero inflation over, retirement planning has taken on new urgency, because a fixed income and rising prices don’t make a good combination.