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How to Navigate Benefits in Your New Career

How to Navigate Benefits in Your New Career

From Hired to Retired: Your Federal Career Roadmap How to Navigate Benefits in Your New Career When you begin a new career, you have several decisions that need to be made regarding your benefit. Oftentimes, these decisions can have a huge impact on your future. In...

FEHB Checklist for Open Season

  By: Ryan Boggus Choosing your health care plan can be a confusing, overwhelming decision. It can be tempting to entirely skip the process, especially if you automatically get rolled into the same plan you had before.  But you can significantly simplify your...

Have You Designated Beneficiaries For Your Federal Benefits?

    Who Will Inherit Your Legacy? Having a will or trust does not guarantee that your beneficiaries will inherit what you have intended for them. That is because your beneficiary designations on certain types of financial assets—including life insurance,...
What are the Main Principles of TSP?

What are the Main Principles of TSP?

When it comes to saving for retirement as a federal employee, one of the options at your disposal with the widest variety your TSP, or Thrift Savings Plan.   WHAT ARE THE FIVE PRIMARY GOALS OF TSP? Income Replacement Protection of Principal Growth Potential...
Planning and Budgeting for Retirement

Planning and Budgeting for Retirement

DO YOU HAVE A WRITTEN BUDGET AND A PLAN!? As a federal employee preparing for retirement, there are several things that you need to be concerned about. The key to making sure that everything goes smoothly is to have a budget and a plan. You wouldn’t go on a road trip...