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Officers’ Options

A look at special retirement provisions for law enforcement officers and firefighters.

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Another Look at Annuities

A Q&A on withdrawing funds from your TSP account.

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Midterm Quiz

A true-false exam on retirement facts and trends.

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Decision Time

Only two weeks remain in the long-term care insurance open season.

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Best Dates to Retire, Revisited

Answers to reader questions about optimal retirement dates next year.

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Waiting Game

It might be worth your while to delay retirement.

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Ready . . . or Not?

Making sure the numbers add up for you.

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Best Dates to Retire 2012

The annual guide to picking a date.

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The Roundup

A look at recent retirement-related news, and reader reaction to previous columns.

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Retirement Checkup

Is it time to take your long-term plan in for service?

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Grow Your Savings

In honor of Financial Literacy Month, some guidance about securing your retirement.

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Fast Facts on Long Term Care

With a rare open season underway, here are some things to think about.

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Pocket Change

A rundown on the (limited) changes in the retirement benefits world this year.

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Cutting Benefits: Readers Bite Back

A sampling of responses to proposals to cut back on federal employee benefits.

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Are Cuts Coming?

Federal retirement benefits are under fire more than at any time in recent memory.

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For Richer or Poorer: Final Words

Some general guidance about options when it comes to providing for a surving spouse.

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Senator proposes cuts to federal annuity benefits

Bill would eliminate pensions for all government employees hired from 2013 onward.

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For Richer or Poorer, Part Two

Spousal survivor annuity options for those under the Federal Employees Retirement System.

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For Richer, For Poorer

Sorting out spousal survivor annuity options.

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Redeposits for the Rehired

Part Three of our series on service credit issues looks at paying back refunds of retirement contributions due to breaks in service.