If you hadn’t given much thought to retirement before receiving the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" email on Jan. 28, you may be in for a few surprises—not all of them pleasant.

"I think we should be planning if we decide we need to retire in a hurry and understand what our benefits are," said Tammy ...

Federal workers have a constellation of retirement benefits, and assessing them can get complicated fast. Here are five ...

Employees under FERS receive retirement benefits from three sources: the basic benefit plan, Social Security, and the Thrift ...

FERS is a retirement plan that provides benefits from three different sources: a Basic Benefit Plan (the FERS or FERS-RAE component), Social Security and the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). Two of the ...