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Send a message to your lawmakers urging them to cosponsor H.R. 491/ S. 624, the Equal COLA Act, to provide full COLAs to Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) retirees.

Early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease allows for increased treatment options and the possibility of slowing the progression of the illness.

Our Federation is in need of a replacement for our outgoing Treasurer! Are you willing to help?

Take action by November 19 to view your new benefit amount online. Starting in late November, you may be able to securely view and save your Social Security COLA notice within your personal my Social Security account.

Have you been furloughed under the Government Shutdown? You need to read this article.

Unless something is done THIS WEEK, it could be a long time before Congress funds the Continuing Resolution. Call your Congressional representatives and let them know this needs to be resolved!

You will be seeing some changes to the appearance of the NARFE microsite pages. Hopefully they won’t be too confusing!

2026 cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) to federal retirement annuities and Social Security benefits have been announced, which will be 2.8% for Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) annuities and Social Security benefits and 2.0% for Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) annuities.

Federation Officers are needed! Please consider serving as Treasurer, PAC Coordinator, Service Officer, Newsletter Editor, or for one of the Congressional District Leader (CDL) positions!!