The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) is a defined contribution retirement savings and investment plan that offers Federal employees the same type of savings and tax benefits that many private corporations ...

Applicants may meet minimum qualification requirements on the basis of experience, education, or, for GS-7 positions, one of the alternate provisions described below. Progressively responsible ...

Degree: that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours appropriate to the work of the position to be filled. The course work must have included study in at least four of the following ...

Degree: community planning; or related field such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that ...

The Family Member Eligibility Verification (FMEV) is OPM’s required process for ensuring that only eligible family members are enrolled in FEHB and PSHB health plans. It requires agencies to request ...

In 2001, Strategic Human Capital Management (SHCM) was added to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) High Risk List. Much was done from 2001 to 2011 to meet the GAO criteria and remove SHCM ...

The form applies only to the disposition of your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) account after your death. It is only necessary to designate a beneficiary if you want payment to be made in a way other than ...

This week, a Senate Democrat report took aim at OPM’s Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) – a voluntary retirement program that provided government employees with eight months of paid leave. Their ...

Today, I want to take you two hundred and thirty feet underground into the former limestone mine that has processed federal retirement paperwork for decades (the Retirement Operations Centers in ...

On August 28, 2025, President Trump issued an Alternative Pay Plan under 5 U.S.C. 5303(b) and 5 U.S.C. 5304a that announced to Congress his decision regarding January 2026 pay adjustments to provide ...

When I learned last December I would have the chance to interview with President Trump for the role of OPM Director, I told my three daughters that I wanted to pitch the president on making government ...

Grade inflation is rampant on university campuses. About 80% of students at Harvard and Yale reportedly receive an A in every class. No doubt these students represent the best of the best – many of ...