Pay & Benefits
Mail Call
Answers to readers questions about creditable service and calculating annuities.
Pay & Benefits
Time of Transition
Considerations for those who will be leaving government along with the Bush administration.
Pay & Benefits
Deposits and Credits
Understanding these uniquely important concepts to the federal retirement process.
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To-Do List
A guide to forms you should gather and things you should do before and after your retirement date.
Pay & Benefits
The Benefits of Social Security
What you, your spouse and your children are entitled to.
Pay & Benefits
Myth Busting
Setting the record straight about some misunderstood aspects of federal retirement.
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TSP and Taxes
A primer on the tax implications of withdrawals from your Thrift Savings Plan account.
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Words of Wisdom
Some advice and insight from my aunt and uncle, who have been retired from federal service for more than three decades.
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Social Issues
Answers to some common questions about how Social Security fits in to the federal retirement process.
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Survivor Benefits: Q&A
Answers to questions from last week’s column on providing for your survivors.
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Supporting Your Survivors
What will happen financially to the people who depend on you if you die?
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Make Retirement Easy
That’s what OPM says its new electronic processing system will do.
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Delayed Gratification
For many newly retired feds, the wait for that first full retirement check is long and painful.
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Continued Coverage, Continued
Answers to reader questions about continuing health benefits into retirement.
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The Five-Year Test
Details of the requirements for continuing federal health benefits into retirement.
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Keep Your Records
De-cluttering your life is a great idea, but some records are too important to be thrown out.
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Facing Disability
How your benefits and retirement can be affected if you become sick or injured.
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