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10 Things You Need To Do Before Leaving Government
Be prepared before you even think about retiring.
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What You Need to Know About Taxes
A primer on how your tax situation will be different in retirement.
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A Retirement Readiness Checklist
Before the magic date arrives, you need to ask yourself some questions.
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How to Know When It’s Time to Go
Deciding when to retire from government is a more complicated process than it used to be.
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The Difference Between a Supplement and Social Security
A look at a key benefit for some FERS retirees.
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Not Exactly Getting Rich
A look at how the Windfall Elimination Provision can dramatically affect retirement income.
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When is a Windfall not a Windfall?
When it’s subject to the dreaded Windfall Elimination Provision, of course.
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How About Some Good News?
It’s not all gloom and doom in the federal retirement world.
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How to Prepare for a Retirement Storm
Take a week to get yourself ready for potential changes to federal benefits.
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Don’t Mess With the G Fund
A House proposal would fundamentally change the Thrift Savings Plan’s “safe” investment fund.
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Leaving Government Now and Taking Retirement Later
The basics of deferred retirement.
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The Importance of Accurate Information
In some federal agencies, retirement specialists aren’t getting the training they need to effectively help employees.
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A Critical Part of Planning, By Any Estimation
It’s important that agencies provide retirement estimates to employees.
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What Happens When You Say 'I Do'
There’s a lot to think about, especially if your betrothed is also a fed.
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Three (or More) Helpings of the TSP
Yes, you can take multiple partial distributions from your investments after you retire. Here’s how.
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You’ve Invested for Retirement. Now What?
What to do with the wealth you’ve accumulated in the Thrift Savings Plan.
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Neither CSRS nor FERS
There are lessons for all federal employees from those in an oft-overlooked system.
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Is FERS Better? Readers Weigh In
Reaction to last week’s column on how the two federal retirement systems stack up.
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