Pay & Benefits
Sequestration and Your TSP Account
The TSP has provided some information to participants on how sequestration may affect their accounts.
TSP
Stay updated with the latest TSP news, including TSP fund performance, investment updates, contribution limits, withdrawal rules, and fee changes that impact federal employees and retirees. Here, you’ll find articles on TSP investment strategies, L Fund performance, market trends, TSP modernization updates, and guidance to help you make informed decisions about your Thrift Savings Plan. Whether you’re early in your federal career or preparing for retirement, find clear insights on maximizing your TSP growth and managing your long‑term financial strategy.
Federal Workforce News
Spousal Rights and Your TSP
What rights does your spouse have regarding your TSP account while he/she is still alive? What are their rights to the TSP after your death?
Retirement
Can You Outperform Social Security?
The average worker in America has 6.2% in Social Security taxes withheld from each of his or her paychecks. Could investing this money on your own offer better…
Retirement
TSP Contribution Strategies
The author says that utilizing the TSP effectively is key to a comfortable retirement and outlines some important contribution strategies to consider in your retirement planning.
Federal Workforce News
January TSP Funds Off to a Great Start for the Year
Previous experience has demonstrated that stock market returns in January are often a precursor to how the stock market will look on December 31st. If that holds true,…
Retirement
Retiring the FERS Way
What can go wrong with your retirement application under FERS? A retired federal employee shares a frank, personal perspective of her experience, her frustration and offers advice on…
Retirement
A Financial Advantage for Federal Employees and Military Personnel
How good is the Thrift Savings Plan? Its advantages for investors, including the rates of return, are unique, very favorable, and only available to those in the federal…
Pay & Benefits
Petition Filed Asking to Leave G Fund Out of Debt Limit Fight
A petition has been filed asking the administration to stop withholding payments to the G fund.
Pay & Benefits
Government Will Borrow From Federal Employee Pension Fund to Avoid Passing Debt Limit
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that the government has begun borrowing from the federal employee pension fund to keep operating without passing the approaching debt limit.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Examining Roth Conversion Option
The TSP is examining the possibility of adding a Roth conversion option for participants.