George Shipe

George is Co-Founder of Federal Benefit Advisory and has developed a large clientele, applying a unique design for each individual retirement income plan. He works with federal employees about to retire, as well as those already retired with perspective on the changing needs of the client in retirement. George can be heard occasionally as expert guest on ‘Business Talk Radio’, ‘Right At Home Radio’ and ‘Aging Options’ a legal advice radio program, for the retired. He is a U.S. Army and Army National Guard veteran and member of the 3rd Infantry Regiment (Old Guard) Association.

What’s going on in Congress, that will affect the Fed Employee?

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Hardworking and loyal federal employees face a landscape of shifting compensation and retirement policies that demand careful tracking. Recent executive actions set a modest 1% baseline pay increase for 2026 while holding locality pay entirely frozen. Additionally, a gap persists between older retirement systems and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), where newer retirees receive

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Federal Benefit Advisory

A Straightforward Guide to Your Federal Retirement

OPM, Retirement / By

For generations of dedicated public servants, the road to a well-earned retirement was paved with a very specific, monumental stack of paper. At the absolute center of that paper fortress sat Standard Form 3107—the Application for Immediate Retirement under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). It was a form to be treated with immense care,

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Federal Benefit Advisory

A Stolen Timeline

Retirement, Thrift Savings Plan / By

If you look at the glossy brochures coming out of the big financial houses on Wall Street, they will tell you that the United States economy is a marvel of resilience. They use comfortable, scrubbed-clean phrases like “standard market cycle” and “healthy correction” and diversification to describe the terrifying cycles in your retirement account. They

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Federal Benefit Advisory

Then vs Now

Retirement, Retirement Help / By

How Federal Work Has Changed Twenty-five years ago, as the century turned, the federal workforce stood on what felt like bedrock. In those days, a career in public service was more than just a job; it was a promise of permanence, a “rock-solid” commitment that allowed young families to plan for the long term with

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Update: Federal Employee Long Term Care Insurance plan (FELTCip)

Helping People, Long Term Care / By

If you have been waiting for or planning on the federal long term care insurance, we have some important, albeit potentially disappointing, news regarding the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) [1]. Right now, you can’t apply for new coverage or increase your existing coverage [1, 2]. The program has been temporarily paused for

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Federal Benefit Advisory

USPS

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An agency in trouble An institution that has bound this nation together since its very founding is, tonight, gasping for its life’s breath. In an unnatural and deeply sobering turn of events, the United States Postal Service has taken a drastic step—one born of necessity but steeped in a profound sense of loss. To stave

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