It is important to understand a little of the background of CSRS and FERS to realize how the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset cause substantial, and often, unfair ...

The data now exist for the Social Security Administration to calculate benefits as intended, applying a progressive benefit formula based on the income that people actually earn and the Social ...

On January 5, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act that repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provisions of Social Security, ...

Concerns about the state of Social Security continue to grow among Americans. According to a recent LendingTree survey, 62% of respondents fear they won’t be able to retire without Social Security, ...

Since the early 1980s, two provisions of Social Security law have significantly reduced benefits for millions of public servants—teachers, police officers, firefighters, and other government employees ...

Congress will soon consider the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which would unfairly increase benefits for individuals with earnings that ...

Social Security is not the same program it was even a few years ago. A handful of big policy shifts, administrative crackdowns, and laws have changed how benefits are calculated, who gets more (or ...

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security heard testimony April 17 from Social Security experts about how the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) ...