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WEP & GPO: The twins that eat Social Security checks
Mike Causey, a senior correspondent for Federal News Network, writes about federal pay and benefit issues. He tackles what he calls the twin villains in this piece– the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). He explains the…
How a government pension might reduce your Social Security benefits
They are not always well known, and they are even less well understood. They are the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). Enacted by Congress in 1977 and 1983 respectively, both were meant to bring a…