The Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) is the primary retirement plan for U.S. federal civilian employees.

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, to 4. ...

In January 2025, OPM received over new 16,000 retirement claims and processed 6,700. January usually sees an influx of retirement applications; the month before, OPM received 5,020 and processed ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump’s offer to most federal employees to resign now and be paid through September stunned the workers who received it — angering some, confusing many and raising questions ...

The mine, which is home to more than 400,000,000 personal records for federal employees, ... processing the retirement of a federal employee can take weeks or months, ...

The proposal mirrors a House plan that would undermine civil service protections and give a president like Trump more power ...

The spring selling season saw a trend in the nation's capital, as a sell-off continues due to the DOGE effect.

The sudden cuts to the federal workforce under President Donald Trump will likely throw a curveball into the retirement plans of many Americans, including those from typically disadvantaged ...