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If a new career outside of the federal workforce is on your list of resolutions, here are a few things you need to know about your benefits.

Certain benefits decisions are irrevocable.

The first in a three-part series on one employee’s retirement experience.

Government Executive email Avoiding potential confusion about survivor benefits. Retirement Counseling and Training www.retirefederal.com In last week’s column, we looked at an important, but sometimes confusing, question on retirement application forms about former spouses and annuities.  Another part of the retirement application that can be confusing when there is a former spouse involved is the annuity election for survivor benefits (Section D of the SF-3107 Federal Employees Retirement System Application for Immediate Retirement and Section F of the SF-2801 Civil Service Retir...

Government Executive email Tips on answering what can be a tricky question on your retirement application. Retirement Counseling and Training www.retirefederal.com There is one question on federal retirement application forms that seems very simple, but can cause difficulty if you’re not sure how to answer it correctly. Here is the question as it appears on the Federal Employees Retirement System and Civil Service Retirement System Forms: FERS , Section C:  Do you have a living former spouse(s) to whom a court order gives a survivor annuity, or a portion of your retirement benef...