Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) FERS annuitants can expect a 2% COLA increase in 2025. The discrepancy between the CSRS and FERS COLAs is due to a difference in how COLAs are calculated under the different systems. OPM HR Guidance and Transmittals FED Status, Closure, Dismissal Proc...
As the OPM’s Inspector General report put it, “attacks like the ones on Anthem and Premera [and OPM] are likely to increase. In these cases, the risk to Federal employees and their families will probably linger long after the free credit monitoring offered by these companies expires.” Th...
a note of clarity for those contemplating preparing an effective Federal/Postal Disability Retirement application: It is merely an expectation that the medical condition will continue for at least 12 months from the date the application for Federal Disability Retirement is filed, and NOT that the med...