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What Does My Retirement Look Like Under the Civil Service Retirement System?

The Civil Service Retirement System is a defined benefit contributory pension plan. It was established August 1st, 1920, and was later replaced by...

What is the FERS Survivor Annuity Plan?

Retirement under the Federal Employee Retirement System doesn’t affect government workers alone. If you’re a federal employee, you’ve probably also...

What is FERS Special Provision Retirement?

Several different government agencies are covered under Special Provision Retirement, which differs slightly from the traditional Federal Employee...

What is the FERS Annuity Supplement?

As a FERS Federal Employee you have a three component retirement system, FERS Pension, Social Security, and Thrifts Savings Plan....

What is the FERS Annuity and How Do I Compute Mine?

1. WHAT IS MY FERS ANNUITY? Your FERS Annuity is, in short, the pension you receive from the Federal Employee Retirement System. After you...

What Does My Retirement Cost Today?

As a federal employee, you may be wondering exactly how much money is being deducted per paycheck for your retirement. First, we need to take a look...

When Am I Eligible for my FERS Retirement?

This article only pertains to FERS and qualifying for full immediate retirement. Look for future blogs on special provisions and additional...

Federal Employee Retirement System Overview

1. WHAT IS THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM? The Federal Employee Retirement System (also known as “FERS”) was created by Congress on...

What Do Thrift Savings Plans Look Like After Retirement?

We've been talking about the accumulation vehicle of your Thrift Savings Plan, which is one of the best out there. Once you retire though, we...

3 Things in Your Thrift Savings Plan You Can Control

Determining the arrangements surrounding your Thrift Savings Plan is complicated– and frankly, it’s scary. Whatever choices you make with it today...

The TSP Modernization Act of 2017

A lot of people have a lot of questions about this new law: the TSP Modernization Act of 2017. The modernization act officially goes into effect in...