eSeminar
An eSeminar Covering Federal Retirement Benefits and Personal Financial Planning


The eSeminar is a set of on-line self-study modules designed for individual Federal employees to learn more about their retirement and benefit programs. The library of self-study modules addresses the critical concepts and skills needed for Federal employees to make decisions affecting their future retirement planning.

eSeminar is web based and gives you unlimited 24/7 access so can review or study the important issues at your convenience and share the information as applicable with others who are involved in your future financial planning to include retirement from Federal employment.

The financial planning module meets mandated financial literacy goals for Federal employees because it is geared to employees at all stages of their careers.

Although eSeminar is best if viewed in a sequence, users can view different sections of the seminar as they wish depending on their interests using the search feature.

There is an opportunity to each module as many times as desired. It contains current, reliable material developed by subject matter experts. Modules include:

Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS):

Introduction, Retirement Eligibility, Creditable Service, Deposits-Redeposits, Annuity Calculations, Survivor Benefits, Taxes in Retirement and Retirement Planning

Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS):

Introduction, Retirement Eligibility, Creditable Service, Deposits/Redeposits, CSRS Component Deposit - Redeposits, Annuity Calculations, FERS Annuity Supplement, Survivor Benefits, Taxes in Retirement, and Retirement Planning

Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) and Benefits:

FEGLI in Retirement, FEHB in Retirement. Medicare, TSP Elections, TSP Investments-Withdrawal Options - Annuities, Taxes on TSP Payments and Annuities, and Long Term Care

Social Security Benefits:

Eligibility, Calculation of Benefits, Applying for Social Security, Earnings Test, Disability Benefits, Family and Survivor Benefits, Former Spouse Benefits, Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)

Financial Planning for Retirement:

Introduction, Planning for Retirement with individual work sheets, Determining Your Income Needs in Retirement, Strategies and Tools for Meeting Income Needs in Retirement, Making the Transition to Retirement, and Contingency Planning

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