Planning for retirement is about more than choosing a date; it's about charting your course toward a secure and fulfilling next chapter. This fall, Human Resources' Office of Benefits & Worklife is ...

Retirement marks a pivotal milestone in your life, a moment when the long journey of your career, felt in the rhythm of early morning alarms and countless days on the move, opens into a new landscape ...

In this last installment, I answer your questions from my inbox about insurance. Q. If I want my spouse to be covered by FEHB while I am receiving my annuity, do I need to choose the spousal annuity ...

Due to longer life expectancy, today’s retirees are more “time affluent” than previous generations and have new freedoms to live where they want, connect with family and friends, engage in leisure of ...

One of the most common retirement questions people face is also one of the most confusing. As you build your retirement savings, should you contribute to a pre-tax account like a 401(k) or IRA, or put ...

As a record number of Americans approached retirement age, a new study from Fidelity Investments offers a fresh look at differences in how generations prepared for life after work. Fidelity’s 2025 ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has made it clear that Social Security benefits were never intended to be a complete replacement for pre-retirement income. The program is designed to provide ...

Since I will be traveling over the next few weeks, I thought it might be a good idea to reach into my mailbag (email “bag” that is) and share some questions that have come from other federal employees ...