A look at common retirement-processing snags, what causes delays and where OPM’s newer systems fit into the picture.

With so many currently heading for the exit, it’s a good time for federal employees to improve their understanding of the retirement process.

It is that time of the year when many federal employees, as well as retirees, must make some important decisions regarding their federal retirement and insurance benefits. I thought it might be a good ...

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced last week that it will roll out a new “paperless” retirement application for use across the federal government next month. This initiative is part of ...

This is a sponsored column by attorneys John Berry and Kimberly Berry of Berry & Berry, PLLC, an employment and labor law firm located in Northern Virginia that specializes in federal employee, ...

Thrift Savings Plan contribution limits are $23,500 in 2025, but will increase to $24,500 in 2026. Plus, new super catch-up ...

Scott Kupor, President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Office of Personnel Management, speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on ...

The Senate Appropriations Committee has restored funding to the Office of Personnel Management’s Retirement Systems Modernization (RSM) program. It added $26.7 million for the program to the ...

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) processes federal retirement applications entirely on paper. These records are stored and handled in an underground limestone mine in Boyers, Pennsylvania ...

The Office of Personnel Management is giving agencies less than a month to start submitting all new retirement applications for federal employees electronically, moving away from a largely paper-based ...