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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...
Understanding Your Thrift Savings Plan
As a federal employee, the Thrift Savings Plan is one of the greatest ways to plan for retirement and build wealth. This blog will go over the...
Sick & Annual Leave
SICK LEAVE VS. ANNUAL LEAVE: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? Sick leave is a paid absence from duty for any of the following: Personal Medical Needs Family...
Option C with FEGLI
Eligible new employees are automatically enrolled in FEGLI Basic unless they waive the coverage. You may have enrolled in FEGLI Option C for your...
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