retirement contributions

TSP

Can outreach change how much participants contribute to their TSP accounts?

The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board found that TSP participants who received an email from the board were more likely to increase their retirement…

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How FRTIB wants to improve service to Thrift Savings Plan investors

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IRS increases amount TSP participants can contribute in 2019

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Rep. Edwards proposes restoring lower retirement contributions for feds

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House budget seeks to up feds’ retirement contributions

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Will budget committee target feds’ retirement contributions?

Even as mystery surrounds the work of the House-Senate budget committee negotiating over fiscal 2014 funding levels and possible alternatives to devastating…

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Why increasing feds’ retirement contributions may not help cut the deficit

Requiring federal employees to contribute more of their salary toward retirement is rumored to be among the proposals being considered by the House-Senate…

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CBO: Congress could wring $300B in deficit savings from federal pay, pension changes

A new Congressional Budget Office analysis of proposed deficit-reduction efforts contained half a dozen proposals affecting federal employees, including reducing annual pay raises, requiring federal employees to contribute more toward their pensions and reducing the size of the federal workforce through attrition. All told, such proposals would reduce federal outlays or increase revenues by $308 billion, according to CBO estimates.

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