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Katharine Paljug is a financial writer and editor with over a decade of industry experience. Her writing has covered nearly every aspect of the financial world, from investing in forex to paying for ...

Scott Kupor, the new director of the Office of Personnel Management, publishes weekly updates on OPM and the federal workforce in his blog, Secrets of OPM. In September, Kupor reported that he went ...

Social Security math is tricky — and the agency does not do it for you to make sure you’re claiming optimally. Here’s what ...

Married couples that don't understand how spousal benefits work could miss out on income in retirement.

You'd think having a long-time government job would mean secure retirement benefits, but not so much for dozens of recently ...

When you think ahead to your retirement, you probably assume Social Security is going to play a pretty important role in ...