Pay & Benefits
Estimating Your Benefits
If you’re thinking about retiring, it’s a good idea to at least get a ballpark figure on the benefits you’ll be receiving.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Withdrawal Quiz
A short series of questions to help you through the process of assessing the options for withdrawing funds from your Thrift Savings Plan account.
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Life Expectancy vs. Life Annuity
A closer look at the options for geting monthly payments from your Thrift Savings Plan account.
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Back to Work, Again
A look at reader reaction to last week’s column on re-employed annuitants, with details on how the rules differ at the Defense Department.
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Back to Work
What happens when you retire, but then are enticed to return to the civil service?
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Service Interruption
What happens to your retirement benefits when you have to leave your civilian federal job for active-duty military service?
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Part-Time Rules, Part Two
The second of a two-part series looks at the details of factoring part-time service into federal retirement benefits calculations.
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Part-Time Rules, Part One
The first in a two-part series on the ramifications of easing into retirement by cutting back on your work hours.
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Should I Stay or Should I Go?
A look at the factors you should weigh in deciding the best time to retire.
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Short-Term Benefits
You don’t have to spend your whole career in government to reap the benefits of the federal retirement system.
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Taking Your (Sick) Leave
What happens to your unused sick leave when you leave government? It depends.
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Supplementary Information
Answers to reader questions about last week’s column on the FERS supplementary benefit.
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Supplementing FERS
If you’re looking to retire a little early, you may be eligible for a supplemental benefit to tide you over until Social Security kicks in.
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Getting Ready
A to-do list for those who are ready to get serious about planning for retirement.
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Looking Ahead
How will you be affected by retirement benefits changes looming for 2007?
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Test Your Retirement Knowledge
A pop quiz on some of the basics about federal retirement rules and procedures.
Pay & Benefits
Last-Minute Shopping
Here are some tips for those waiting until the end of health benefits open season to make their choices.
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