This site was developed by a retired federal manager with over 35 years
federal service to help federal employees find the information they need to make
informed decisions about retirement and benefits. It also provides retirees with
abundant resources targeted to their specific needs. This site is constantly
improving and adding new features and writers to assist federal employees and
retirees with whatever they need to make informed decisions concerning their
retirement.
Most federal employees attend agency sponsored retirement seminars prior to
retiring. Dennis Damp, the site founder and owner, attended two retirement seminars and came back from the briefings
with more questions than answers. He was confused about many things – mostly
things that were not covered at the seminar. Dennis was interested in knowing just
what he would have to live on in retirement – from all income sources, what his
wife would have to live on when he die and most importantly, he was uncertain
whether or not he was financially able to retire and he knew little about estate
planning or probate avoidance techniques at the time.
Little help was available from the agency he worked for and Dennis had to research
much of what he needed to know and then used the information he obtained from OPM
and other sources to build this site. This site will help you determine:
- What you will have to live on in retirement
- What your spouse will have to live on after you die
- Benefit options
- Insurance options
- Financial considerations including estate planning processes
- What survivors need to do plus easy-to-follow checklists to help them
through difficult times
- What other resources are available
Federalretirement.net will get you seriously thinking about your personal
situation. This site was launched in early 2004, several months before Dennis retired
with 35 years and 7 months government service. Damp understands the federal
retirement and employment systems from the inside out and he is the author
The Book of U.S. Government Jobs,
Take Charge of Your Federal Career, and several other career and business books.
Damp founded Bookhaven Press LLC in 1985 to publish informative career, business, and finance books
while still employed with Uncle Sam. Bookhaven Press developed the following
list of companion
web sites for many of their titles and
these sites receive hundreds of thousands of visitors monthly.
Bookhaven Press LLC
Government Jobs Career Center
FREE Job Search Service - Federal. State,
and Private Sector Jobs
Post Office Jobs Career Center
Federal Employee Career Development Center
Federal Employees Retirement Planning
Site
Environmental Health & Safety Career Center
www.stolenplates.com - What to do when this happens to you
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Dennis V. Damp is an author, retired federal manager, business owner, career
counselor and veteran.
Damp’s The Book of U.S. Government
Jobs, was a three-time finalist for “Best Career” title by the Benjamin
Franklin Awards Committee and a finalist for “Best Career & Reference”
title in 2008 by Foreword Magazine. |
Damp is the author of 25 books and a recognized employment expert. He retired
in 2005 at age 55 with 35 years of government service. Dennis has been a guest
on hundreds of radio talk shows, CNN Cable TV's Lou Dobbs and Your Money shows,
lectured at universities and colleges, produced Internet web sites and training
videos, and has written hundreds of articles for national magazines, newspapers
and Websites. He is a contributing writer for Monster.com and his books have
been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times and
U.S. News & World Report.
Dennis joined the Air Force in 1968 and spent over three years and four
months on active duty
and an additional seven years with the Air National Guard. He was hired by the
Department of Defense (DOD) after leaving active duty and transferred to the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 1975. He spent the remainder of his
career in various positions with the FAA were he worked as an electronics
technician, training instructor, project engineer, computer-based instruction
administrator, training program manager, program support manager, and
environmental health and safety program manager. Dennis held numerous
supervisory and management positions and was responsible for recruiting, rating
and interviewing applicants, outreach and hiring. His last government position
was technical operations manager at the Pittsburgh International Airport's air
traffic control tower.
Damp’s books and web sites are based on his many years in management where he was
responsible for recruitment, outreach, retention and career development. His
11th edition of The Book of U.S.
Government Jobs presents an insider's view of what it takes to go from job
hunter to hired employee, and everything in between, to improve a job hunter’s
chances of landing a high-paying government job. Dennis expanded this site based
on the research he had to do to prepare for his personal federal government
retirement.
Books by Dennis Damp:
The Book of U.S. Government Jobs -
11th edition
Health Care Job Explosion -
4th edition
Post Office Jobs - 5th edition
Dollars & Sense: Safe Investment Strategies for Small Investors
Take Charge of Your Federal Career
- 2nd edition
"I spent 3 hours on the web looking for answers for
questions concerning retirement. After a Google search yielded your address,
it took only 20 minutes to find all of my answers! Thank you!!!"
Rod H, 9/11/2010
- 1/22/2012 - Linda, Thank you for your reply. Your answers helped clear
up many questions! John
- 12/16/2011 - Thank you for your insight throughout this process which
has been very stressful. Have a great holiday. Linda L
- 10/11/2011 - Dennis. I’ve enjoyed your articles and have found many
valuable ideas in them.
Tammy Flanagan,
Edward
A Zurnforfer and you are my 3 ‘go to’ experts that I seek out when I
have any questions. Thank you again for your insights. Nick R.
- 9/4/2011 - Thank you Linda!! This answers that question for me. OPM told
me to call DFAS who turned around and asked me to call OPM. My Civilian
Personnel Office had not a clue and our base finance told me to contact the
National Records Center (NRC). According to the Finance Office, the NRC
would tell me how to get my deposit back. I found
http://federalretirement.net
purely by accident. Glad I did. Thank you again!! F.C.
- 8/01/2011 - Thank you for your reply. This does clear things up for me
much to my relief. Gary L.
- 7/26/2011 - Last year you helped me get my Military Buy Back going and I
appreciate it. The differences between military active duty retirement and
active duty accomplished as a reservist was very confusing to people. It
took six months of back and forth to finally get it accomplished. Thank you.
You are definitely the expert! David
- 4/18/2011 - You are 100% correct in your guidance. I am extremely
appreciative of your support and cooperation in this matter. Thank you for
your professionalism and leadership in showing me the way forward. I have
gained a vast amount of knowledge from you in our communications. Take
care, and again, thank you very much for the solid advice and guidance.
Leonard.
- 01/05/2011 - Thanks for all the concise info. It would have taken me days
to find it. Judy
- 11/10/2010 - Many thanks. A much better answer than given by our own
benefit counselor! Michael A
- 09/11/2010 - I spent 3 hours on the web looking for answers to questions
concerning retirement. After a Google search yielded your address, it took
only 20 minutes to find all of my answers! Thank you!!!" Rod H
- 09/20/2010 - Thank you very much for your guidance. Threading my way
through the legal system and trying to get a straight answer from OPM has
been very frustrating, and I appreciate the information you provided. It's
good to have an disinterested third party who's willing to share their
expertise. Thanks again, Darrell
- 09/18/2010 - Wow. Awesome email--thank you SO much for taking the time
to respond. You helped a lot. Ed
- 07/03/2010 - Thanks Dennis, and thank you again for all that you do for
your fellow retirees. I appreciate you giving your time. Ron
- 03/02/2010 - Thanks for the info. You have given me more info that I can
use in two days than I have received in the last 6 months. Thanks again Glen
- 02/04/2010 - This is very helpful. It’s hard enough getting through to
anyone at human resources to answer questions, let alone getting to someone
who can actually answer your questions. Your answers are clear, concise,
and to the point. Thanks so much. Best, Lisa
- 11/04/2009 - Thanks you so much for your informative response. You are
the first person who could explain this to me in a logical fashion. And yes
I will enjoy retirement (after 38 plus years of service). Kevin
- 01/14/2008 - Your detailed answers really helped me and gave me
confidence that I am choosing the right date for me as a CSRS offset
employee. You offer so much good, practical advice. Margaret
