Mailbag Week: Retirement applications and processing
This week’s column will answer a variety of questions related to the ever-popular “black hole” of retirement processing.…
Veterans protest at Arizona State Capitol | News
Veterans laughed and teased each other outside the Arizona State Capitol, but the reason for their gathering wasn’t…
A new retirement system promises modernization, but it’s creating more questions than answers
Eric White We’re talking about the new ORA system or I guess, is it ORA system? I’ll let…
‘It’s moving at snail’s pace’: Retired federal workers waiting months for pension checks
Federal retirements have surged this year, largely due to policies of the Trump administration and its “Department of…
OPM renews effort to consolidate 119 HR systems into one
The Office of Personnel Management is eyeing July 4, 2027, to fully launch a new governmentwide human resources…
Court blocks Trump administration’s latest mass layoffs for federal employees
A judge is temporarily blocking the Trump administration from carrying out its latest round of federal employee layoffs…
Federal health insurance premiums to see another large spike in 2026
Federal employees and annuitants are heading for yet another year of large increases to their health insurance premiums,…
America will see its largest mass resignation in history as 100,000 federal workers are set to quit their jobs today
While many U.S. workers cling to their paychecks as the job market is rocked by AI-related headcount cuts…
Federal retirement meets shutdown risk on the same day — what could go wrong?
Terry Gerton Well, it is September 30th, so there’s a lot happening in all of the air around…
Under threat of RIFs and a government shutdown, some federal employees ‘not buying it’
On the eve of the deadline for a government shutdown, a crowd of current and former federal employees…