Posted on Friday, 13th February 2026 by Dennis Damp

This service was launched in July of last year, and my article titled “Apply for Retirement on OPM’s Online Application Service” outlined how to sign up for and use this service.  I state in the article that, “Effective July 15, 2025, OPM will no longer accept paper retirement applications. Any paper submissions created on or […]

Tags: Daily Brief, Federal Retirement Processing, LES Statements, Military Time, Online Retirement Application, ORA, Retirment Processing Timeline
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Posted on Friday, 11th July 2025 by Dennis Damp

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced on July 7, 2025, that it’s on pace to reduce the total number of VA staff by nearly 30,000 employees by the end of the fiscal year. Employee reductions through the federal hiring freeze, deferred resignations, retirements, and normal attrition have eliminated the need for a RIF. During President […]

Tags: Big Beautiful Bill, Car Interest Deductions, Daily Brief, OPM's Retirement Application Portal, ORA, Social Security Taxes, VERA, VSIP
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Posted on Friday, 27th June 2025 by Dennis Damp

Last week’s article announced the launch of OPM’s retirement application (ORA) service. The process mimics the paper application process. FERS employees must fill out the SF 3107 form, and CSRS employees must complete the SF 2801 online. Only those with a .gov email address can access the new application portal. I tried to log in […]

Tags: CSRS, Daily Brief, Federal Employees, FERS, OPM Retirement Application, ORA, SF-2801, SF-3107
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• ESTATE PLANNING
• FINANCE / TIP
• RETIREMENT CONCERNS
• SOCIAL SECURITY / MEDICARE
• SURVIVOR INFORMATION