This third blog post in the “Maximize Your Dollars During Money Smart Week” series features #retirement planning. These U.S. Federal Government resources features an overview of financial guidance about 401(K) retirement plans and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).
What You Should Know About Your Retirement Plan covers private investment retirement
plans governed by state laws and guidelines in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). This guidance will help you plan and explain what information you should review periodically and where to go for help with your questions. Specific circumstances, such as how a divorce change or employer ownership may affect your retirement benefit, are included. American citizens, investment advisers, accountants, CPAs, individual investors, employers and owners, and Federal Government employees may be interested in this information.
Companion: Lo Que Usted Debe Saber Sobre Su Plan de Jubilacion
Applying for Deferred or Postponed Retirement Under the Federal Employees Retirement System FERS primarily applies to U.S. Federal Government employees that started working after January 1, 1987 and explains the process of applying for a Federal employee retirement annuity through the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) program.
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Check out “Maximize Your Dollars During Money Smart Week” blog post series #1 Financial Aid planning here and blog post series #2 -Long-Term Care Financial resource planning here.
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HOW DO I OBTAIN THESE RESOURCES?
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- Click here to purchase What You Should Know About Your Retirement Plan
- Click here to purchase Applying for Deferred or Postponed Retirement Under the Federal Employees Retirement System FERS
- Click here to purchase Lo Que Usted Debe Saber Sobre Su Plan de Jubilacion (Spanish Language Publication)
- Click here to purchase U.S. Army Retired Soldier Handbook 2018
- Click here to browse our Retirement collection
Shop our Retail Store: Buy a copy of any print editions from this collection at GPO’s retail bookstore at 710 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC 20401, open Monday–Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., except Federal holidays, Call (202) 512-0132 for information or to arrange in-store pick-up.
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Visit a Federal depository library: Search for U.S. Government publications in a nearby Federal depository library. You can find the records for most titles in GPO’s Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.
About the author: This week’s blog contributor is Maureen Whelan, Senior Marketing Team Leader for GPO’s Publication and Information Sales program office in Washington, DC. Maureen oversees print and digital content dissemination strategy and manages third party free and paid content distribution through platforms and vendors, such as Apple iBookstore, Barnesandnoble.com, Google Play eBookstore, Ebscohost databases, Overdrive, and ProQuest.
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