Thrift Savings Plan
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New withdrawal options and a strategy to help participants with catch-up contributions are among the new features coming to the Thrift Savings Plan within the next year so.
May 30, 2019 -
The TSP is the envy of many investors because of its low administrative fees and federal oversite of the fund.
May 10, 2019 -
Folks who track their stock market investments on a hourly basis sometimes need nerves of steel. And a forgiving job that gives the time to monitor markets and pundits as Wall Street reacts various promises…
May 08, 2019 -
9,540 additional federal and postal workers became Thrift Savings Plan millionaires between March 2018 and the end of March this year.
May 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, TIGTA found the IRS doesn't always follow its own procedures for reviewing and adjudicating cases of missed filings or under-reported income.
April 19, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the personal information of hundreds of federal agents and police officers appears to have been stolen from websites affiliated with alumni of the FBI’s National Academy.
April 16, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, up to $1 billion from DoD is now available to help support the Homeland Security Department's drug enforcement efforts at the southern border.
March 26, 2019 -
Nearly 12,000 more federal employees retired in 2018 than the previous year. It may not be a "tsunami," but the federal community has said it could be the start of a retirement wave.
February 15, 2019 -
Participants in the Thrift Savings Plan can officially borrow from their own retirement accounts during future government shutdowns.
February 07, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board issues a new interim rule allowing participants in the Thrift Savings Plan to take a loan while in non-pay status.
February 07, 2019 -
The agency that administers the Thrift Savings Plan said there may be a legislative movement building in Congress to allow federal employees more flexibility to tap into their TSP accounts with fewer penalties during future government shutdowns.
January 29, 2019 -
Federal News Network is soliciting your questions about your pay, benefits, retirement and other topics during the government shutdown.
January 17, 2019 -
Two weeks after the cut off, DoD now says more than 400,000 service members signed up for the blended retirement system (BRS) and 150,000 new service members were automatically enrolled in the program.
January 14, 2019 -
Could the likelihood of a government shutdown or a coast-to-coast barrier depend on what we the U.S. decide to call it? Some so-called Washington experts think it might work.
December 12, 2018 -
Members of the military who joined before Jan. 1, 2018, only have until the end of the year to join the blended retirement system.
December 04, 2018