Updated: While the greatest focus on federal employee retirement understandably is on age and service combinations needed to be eligible to retire ...

Determining whether a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) retiree can collect spousal Social Security benefits isn't always easy. Typically, because those under CSRS do not pay into Social Security ...

Creditable Federal civilian and military service affects both retirement eligibility and the CSRS or FERS monthly annuity, which generally uses the employee’s high-3 average salary, the applicable ...

I retired from the Federal Government in November 2002 after 20 years. I was 61 years old and retired on the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) plan. I have paid Social Security most of my adult ...

As a federal employee enrolled in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), you will still have paid Medicare taxes. This means you may be eligible for Medicare and Federal Employee Health Benefits ...