The *KISS Guide to DC Retirement’s Office of Pay and Retirement Services

**Keep It Simple Stupid From Pipeline Editor Jim O’Neill:One of our members asked me if I knew how he could confirm he still had approximately 25% of his base pay at time of retirement from USSS in residual Basic FEGLI life insurance that his spouse would receive upon his death. Coincidentally, I had recently tried…

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A Reflection on the Clinton J. Hill Memorial Service April 8, 2025

Beneath the soaring arches of the Washington National Cathedral, we said goodbye to a legend. Clint Hill was more than a witness to history—he shaped it. Sixty years ago, in Dallas, when an assassin’s bullets shattered the calm, it was Hill who ran toward danger. With only instinct and duty as his armor, he leapt…

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