As part of the new Social Security Fairness Act, millions of people will receive a retroactive payment in addition to monthly Social Security benefit increases.

Under the GPO, these benefits were reduced by two-thirds ... once they began drawing their public pension. For example, a Massachusetts teacher who is a widow might receive full Social Security ...

The first is the Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduced spousal and survivor benefits for certain government employees. The second is the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which cut ...