All
articles were written by Tammy Flanagan unless otherwise noted.
2010
Avoiding
Annuities (02/26/10)
Income
for Life (02/19/10)
Question
Time (02/12/10)
Long-Term
Crunch (02/05/10)
Deposit
Woes (01/29/10)
Deposit
Dilemma (01/22/10)
Deposit
Download (01/15/10)
The
Index: 2010 Edition (01/08/10)
2009
The
2009 Quiz (12/18/09)
Open
Season Wrap-up (12/11/09)
Maturity
& Youth (12/04/09)
Open
Forum (11/20/09)
High
Option (11/13/09)
New
Calculations (11/06/09)
Open Season Opening
(10/30/09)
Where to Start
(10/23/09)
Buying Long-Term Care Insurance
(10/16/09)
Long-Term Care Considerations (10/09/09)
Security 301 (10/02/09)
Security 201 (09/25/09)
Security 101 (09/18/09)
Pop
Quiz (09/11/09)
Best Dates to Retire: Follow-Up (09/04/09)
Communication
Mistakes (08/28/09)
Social Security's Top 10 (08/21/09)
The Inevitable (08/14/09)
Taking the Plunge (08/07/09)
From
Law to Policy (07/31/09)
From Day One (07/24/09)
Get an Estimate (07/17/09)
Best Dates to Retire 2010 (07/10/09)
Hot on the Hill (07/03/09)
Endless Summer, Endless Questions (06/26/09)
Setting a Date (06/19/09)
Military Payback: More Questions (06/12/09)
When You Go (06/05/09)
Payback Time (05/29/09)
Voluntary Contributions Revisited (05/22/09)
Long Term Change (05/15/09)
Special Considerations (05/08/09)
Midcareer Considerations (05/01/09)
When To Go (FERS Edition) (04/24/09)
Putting it Off (04/17/09)
Understanding Social Security (04/10/09)
No Fooling (04/03/09)
Leave: Take It Or Lump It? (03/27/09)
Disability Decisions (03/20/09)
Spousal Provision (03/13/09)
Freefalling FERS? (03/06/09)
What You Don't Know (02/28/09)
Questions
& Answers (02/20/09)
Deposit
Directions (02/013/09)
Don't Wait Until It's Too Late (02/06/09)
The Check Isn't in the Mail (01/30/09)
It Pays to Know (01/23/09)
Changes You Can Believe In (01/16/09)
The
Index: 2009 Addition (01/09/09)
2008
Holiday
Wishes (12/19/08)
Part
B, Part Three (12/12/08)
Medicare,
Part B (12/05/08)
Medicare
Mysteries (11/21/08)
Review
Time (11/14/08)
Dental
Check Up (11/07/08)
High
Interest (10/31/08)
Considering HDHPs (10/24/08)
Deep
Breath (10/17/08)
What
You Need to Know (10/10/08)
Take
Charge of Your TSP (10/03/08)
Fers
Flexibility (09/26/08)
CSRS
vs. FERS: 2008 Edition (09/19/08)
Who's
Responsible? (09/12/08)
Catch-62
Revisited (09/05/08)
The
COLA Factor (08/29/08)
Opening
SAMBA (08/22/08)
Mail
Call (08/15/08)
Best
Dates to Retire: Tax Considerations (08/08/08)
Best
Dates to Retire 2009 (08/01/08)
Long
Term Planning (07/26/08)
Maxing
Out (07/19/08)
Mail
Call Part 2 (07/12/08)
Mail
Call (07/05/08)
Time
of Transition (06/27/08)
Deposits & Credits (06/20/08)
To-Do-List (06/13/08)
The Benefits of Social Security (06/06/08)
Myth
Busting (05/30/08)
TSP & Taxes (05/23/08)
Words of Wisdom (05/16/08)
Federal vs. Private (05/09/08)
Social Issues (05/02/08)
Survivor
Benefits Q&A (04/25/08)
Supporting Your Survivors (04/18/08)
Make Retirement Easy (04/11/08)
Delayed Gratification (04/04/08)
Continued
Coverage, Continued (03/28/08)
The 5 Year Test (03/21/08)
Countdown to Retirement (03/14/08)
Getting Social (03/07/08)
Keep
Your Records (02/29/08)
Facing Disability (02/22/08)
Question Time (02/15/08)
Help (02/08/08)
Educate Yourself (02/01/08)
Buyer
Beware (01/25/08)
Looking Ahead (01/18/08)
Changes for 2008 (01/11/08)
The Index (01/04/08)
2007
Annual
Retirement Quiz (12/21/07)
Last minute Tips (12/14/07)
Healthy Options (12/07/07)
Two
Weekends Left (11/30/07)
Frequently Asked Questions (11/16/07)
The Old Switcheroo (11/9/07)
So Many Choices, So Little Time (11/02/07)
More
Questions, More Answers (10/26/07)
Questions & Answers (10/19/07)
A Little Lower (10/12/07)
Going Private (10/05/07)
Part
B or not Part B (09/28/07)
Catch-62 (09/21/07)
Public or Private? (09/14/07)
The Latest on the TSP (09/07/07)
Laboring
Another Day (08/31/07)
DIVORCE
(08/24/07)
Feeling Special: Q & A (08/17/07)
Feeling Special (08/10/07)
Retirement Dates: Q&A (08/03/07)
Best
Dates to Retire 2008 (07/27/07)
When to Retire (07/20/07)
The TSP's Future -- and Yours (07/13/07)
Eligibility Facts & Myths (07/06/07)
Deferred
vs. Postponed (06/29/07)
The Retirement Process (06/22/07)
Retiring Women (06/15/07)
Retirement Checklist (06/08/07)
A Whole Different Kind of Service (06/01/07)
Crediting
Volunteer Service (05/25/07)
Computing Your Service (05/18/07)
Retirement Estimate: The Details (05/11/07)
Basic Retirement Computations (05/04/07)
Estimating
Your Benefits (04/27/07)
Honey Pot (04/20/07)
by: Karen Rutzick
TSP Withdrawal Quiz (04/13/07)
Life Expectancy vs. Life Annuity (04/06/07)
Back
to Work, Again (03/30/07)
Back to Work (03/23/07)
Service Interruption (03/16/07)
Part-Time Rules, Part Two (03/09/07)
Part-Time Rules, Part One (03/02/07)
Should
I Stay or Should I Go? (02/23/07)
Short Term Benefits (02/016/07)
Taking Your (Sick) Leave (02/09/07)
Supplementary Information (02/02/07)
Supplementing
FERS (01/26/07)
Taking Your Lumps (01/19/07)
'Survivor:' Federal Edition (01/12/07)
Getting Ready (01/05/07)
2006
Looking Ahead (12/22/06)
Test Your Retirement Knowledge (12/15/06)
Final Health Plan Tips (12/08/06)
Last-Minute Shopping (12/01/06)
Choosing
Dental Coverage (11/17/06)
Retirement Custodians (11/10/06)
by: Karen Rutzick
Best Dates to Retire 2007 (11/03/06)
In
The E-Mailbag (10/27/06)
Counting COLAs (10/20/06)
Health Insurance Choices, Part Three (10/13/06)
Health Insurance Choices, Part Two (10/06/06)
Health
Insurance Choices, Part One (09/29/06)
Life Insurance Options, Part Two (09/22/06)
Life Insurance Options, Part One (09/15/06)
COLA Wars (09/08/06)
Gone With the Windfall (09/01/06)
Tax Changes: Part Two (08/25/06)
Tax Changes: Part One (08/18/06)
The Long Haul: Part Three (08/11/06)
The Long Haul: Part Two (08/04/06)
The
Long Haul: Part One (07/28/06)
Single Concerns (07/21/06)
Are You Ready? (07/14/06)
by: Tom Shoop
Federal Couples (07/07/06)
Mixing
Civilian and Military Retirement (06/30/06)
Smoothing the Transition (06/23/06)
Ensuring a Healthy Retirement (06/16/06)
Offsetting Penalty (06/09/06)
A Thoroughly Modern Retirement System (06/02/06)
by: Karen Rutzick
The
Early Way Out (05/26/06)
Leaving Early (05/19/06)
Who's Your Beneficiary? (05/12/06)
Voluntary Benefits (05/05/06)
More
on Medicare (04/28/06)
Medicare ABCs (04/21/06)
Best of Both Worlds (04/14/06)
CSRS vs. FERS: The Reaction (04/07/06)
CSRS
vs. FERS (03/31/06)
Withdrawal Options (03/24/06)
Really, You Can Retire! (03/17/06)
Spousal Benefits (03/10/06)
You Can Afford To Retire! (03/03/06)
Military
Service Payback (02/24/06)
Redepositing CSRS Refunds (02/17/06)
Buying Retirement Credit (02/10/06)
A Great Date to Retire (02/03/06)
Getting Credit (01/27/06)
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