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Gone With the Windfall

The ins and outs of one of everybody’s favorite restrictions on benefits: the windfall elimination provision.

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Tax Changes: Part Two

The second in a two-part series on recent changes in tax laws that could affect your retirement plans.

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Tax Changes: Part One

The first in a two-part series on recent changes in tax laws that could affect your retirement plans.

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The Long Haul: Part Three

A look at specific factors involved in choosing a long-term care insurance policy.

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The Long Haul: Part Two

The second in a series on long-term care insurance focuses on whether you need to purchase a policy.

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The Long Haul: Part One

The first in a series on long-term care insurance focuses on what’s involved in long-term care.

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Single Concerns

You're single and you're thinking about retirement. Here's what you need to know.

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Are You Ready?

A report from the retirement planning session at this year’s Excellence in Government conference.

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Federal Couples

If you’re married to another federal employee, you face some specific challenges in retirement planning.

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Mixing Civilian and Military Retirement

A guide to calculating the financial impact of combining civilian and military retirement benefits versus leaving them separate.

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Smoothing the Transition

How to make sure you get the benefits you’ve earned as soon as possible after you retire.

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Ensuring a Healthy Retirement

It pays to know the rules about continuing your federal health insurance coverage into retirement.

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Offsetting Penalty

Understanding the implications of the Government Pension Offset.

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A Thoroughly Modern Retirement System

Two out of three contracts have been awarded in the move to automate federal pension processing.

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The Early Way Out

What to consider if you’re thinking about early retirement.

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Leaving Early

Thinking about resigning? Here’s what you’ll take with you if you go.

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Who’s Your Beneficiary?

Advice on filing forms detailing the beneficiaries of your federal benefits after your death.

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Voluntary Benefits

Here are some factors to consider if you’re thinking about joining the federal Voluntary Contributions program to boost your CSRS retirement benefits.

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More on Medicare

Our series on Medicare concludes with a look at its relationship with the military’s TRICARE for Life program and the implications of the new Part D.

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Medicare ABCs

The first in a two-part series on the relationship between Medicare and FEHBP.