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 ...

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 ...

While the vast majority of federal workers are now covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System, for those covered by the older Civil Service Retirement System and Social Security—a subset of ...

I retired from the federal government 10 years ago under the Civil Service Retirement System program. I applied for my Medicare before the three-month timeframe. I was told that I would not receive ...

The good news first. Your wife’s Social Security benefit will have no affect on your CSRS annuity. Nor will your CSRS retirement benefit have any affect on her Social Security benefit. Now here’s a ...

The Federal Times 'Ask the Expert' column appears daily. The following is a question submitted by a Federal Times readers about retirement and other issues facing the federal workforce. It is answered ...

Federal employees enrolled in the civil service retirement system (CSRS) may be eligible for Medicare and federal employee health benefits (FEHB) if they paid Medicare taxes. The CSRS is a federal ...

From reemployment to remarriage, life after federal service can bring changes that affect your annuity, insurance and survivor benefits.

A report for Congress has charted the continuing decline of defined benefit retirement programs —such as the federal FERS and CSRS systems—that pay ...

There used to be a time in the federal government when employees were covered under the Civil Service Retirement System. Show up to work for several decades and be rewarded with a pension of up to 80% ...