FedTelligence 2.0: The ultimate guide to mastering your federal benefits;

Fedtelligence—fed-’tel-lǝ-jǝn(t)s derived from the Latin verb intellegere
1. A very general mental capability around the benefits of the federal government that involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience.
2. “Intelligence” (understanding) is different from being “smart” (capable of adapting to the environment).
3. Mastery of available federal benefits and utilization of those benefits to your advantage
What if the retirement finish line turns out to be a cliff?
Retirement for federal employees is a very complex system, and it can feel a bit overwhelming to deal with when you’re working every day. You probably made some of your benefit elections years ago, and you haven’t thought about them since then. Now, it seems as if there are all these new choices and elections that you must make. And these decisions can feel as if they’re irreversible; if you make a mistake, there’s no going back.
There are a lot of options to consider. The purpose of this book is to walk you through some of the pitfalls that can come up, review some of the things that you should expect, help you to control the things that you can control, and learn to live with the rest.

Ann Vanderslice has been working with federal employees to help them achieve retirement success since 2002.