{"id":25079,"date":"2023-01-10T13:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T13:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/10\/do-i-have-to-report-social-security-income-to-opm\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:07:07","slug":"do-i-have-to-report-social-security-income-to-opm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/your-career\/2023\/01\/10\/do-i-have-to-report-social-security-income-to-opm\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I have to report Social Security income to OPM?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following is a question submitted by a Federal Times readers about retirement and other issues facing the federal workforce. It is answered by Reg Jones, a charter member of the senior executive service and a Federal Times columnist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cI applied for my Social Security a couple months ago. 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