Federal benefits look stable, but retirement can reveal hidden risks. Learn where plans bend, where they break, and how to prepare before the pressure hits.

What I'm hearing is you can throw the old processing schedule out the window right now, because everything is kind of bogged ...

The federal Thrift Savings Plan continued to evolve throughout 2025. Assets for the world’s largest retirement plan crossed $1 trillion midyear, and TSP now serves more than 7.2 million accounts. The ...

Federal employees can use a new Thrift Savings Plan tool to weigh the tax costs and retirement advantages of moving traditional balances to Roth.

Thrift Savings Plan participants need to carefully weigh the advantages and potential tax pratfalls of moving their balances to an after-tax investment strategy.

Civilian federal employees and uniformed service members will soon be able to convert their pre-tax Thrift Savings Plan balances to Roth accounts without leaving the plan. The Federal Retirement ...

In November, Representative Cory Mills ( R-FL) introduced the Financial Opportunities for Retirees and Warriors Advancing Retirement Development (FORWARD) Act, which allows veterans to continue ...

Like other target-date funds, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan’s TSP L Funds are among the retirement plan’s most popular options. The funds, also known as the TSP Lifecycle Funds, accounted for more ...

Contributing to a retirement account is one of the best ways to ensure financial stability in your senior years. Some accounts offer more benefits than others, especially those offered for federal ...