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 ...

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

The Office of Personnel Management made some of its best progress at reducing the number of pending retirement applications from federal workers last year, reducing the backlog by 34% in 2023 and ...

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

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, ...

An old Pennsylvania limestone mine housing all retirement paperwork for government employees is limiting how fast workers can retire. Elon Musk wants to change that. Speaking next to President Donald ...

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 federal government’s backlog of pending retirement claims from former federal workers hit a six-year low for the second time this year in September. The Office of Personnel Management reported ...

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, ...

David Wolfel – a former civilian architect for the U.S. Navy – was among thousands of federal workers who opted to retire this year amid widespread cuts under the Trump administration. So in May, ...