TSP

  • In a rare bipartisan move, the House oversight committee voted to bring a bill allowing phased retirements of federal employees to the floor for a general vote.

    April 19, 2012
  • The Roth option for the Thrift Savings Plan, which will allow federal employees to contribute after-tax dollars toward their retirement-savings accounts, will launch May 7, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board announced today. The board, which first began planning the Roth TSP in June 2009 when it was authorized, made the announcement at its quarterly meeting of TSP coordinators.

    April 11, 2012
  • If you have a stash of cash and you want to park it in one of the safest, most generous places around, where do you go? Tip: It isn't the Thrift Savings Plan, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

    April 04, 2012
  • The provision — part of a larger transportation bill — would allow retiring federal employees to put their unused annual leave toward their TSP.

    February 14, 2012
  • You've got some thinking to do about your investments. The people who manage your Thrift Savings Plan have published draft rules for a Roth option that would let you put in after-tax money.

    February 10, 2012
  • The rollout of the Roth option for the Thrift Savings Plan, which would allow federal employees to invest already-taxed income, has long been discussed in the federal pay-and-benefits world. That launch moved another step closer, with the planned publication Wednesday of draft regulations in the Federal Register. And TSP participants will soon have more information about what the plan will look like.

    February 07, 2012
  • Tom Trabucco, director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the "three-legged stool" of federal retirement, the ballpark-estimate calculator and how it works.

    January 23, 2012
  • Your Thrift Savings Plan is probably home to the G Fund — and maybe some C Fund as well. But there\'s more to the TSP than just those two funds.

    November 28, 2011
  • Tom Trabucco is the director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.

    November 21, 2011
  • Tom Trabucco of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board outlines the F Fund.

    November 14, 2011
  • Benefits expert John Elliott joins Your Turn with Mike Causey with advice for federal employees after pre-retirement preparation.

    November 02, 2011
  • Tom Trabucco, director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, shared October TSP returns.

    October 31, 2011
  • Tom Trabucco is director of external affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which oversees your Thrift Savings Plan.

    October 24, 2011
  • The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board has released its investment performance report.

    October 17, 2011
  • Although the number of retirement-eligible feds may be at an all-time high, government workers are holding on to their jobs. The retirement tidal wave — first forecast in 1999 — has yet to hit, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. So what's keeping you?

    October 06, 2011