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Publications concerning the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) are listed below. Select one to read more.

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Retirement Facts 1 -- The Civil Service Retirement System, November 1997
[178 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-1)

Retirement Facts 2 -- Military Service Credit Under the Civil Service Retirement System, December 1997
[124 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-2)

Retirement Facts 3 -- Deposits and Redeposits Under the Civil Service Retirement System, October 1997
[141 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-3)

Retirement Facts 4 -- Disability Retirement Under the Civil Service Retirement System, November 1997
[175 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-4)

Retirement Facts 5 -- Survivor Benefits Under the Civil Service Retirement System, October 1997
[150 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-5)

Retirement Facts 6 -- Early Retirement Under the Civil Service Retirement System, November 1997
[139 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-6)

Retirement Facts 7 -- Computing Retirement Benefits Under the Civil Service Retirement System, October 1997
[184 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-7)

Retirement Facts 8 -- Credit for Unused Sick Leave Under the Civil Service Retirement System, November 1997
[166 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-8)

Retirement Facts 9 -- Refunds Under the Civil Service Retirement System, October 1997
[176 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-9)

Retirement Facts 10 -- Voluntary Contributions Under the Civil Service Retirement System, April 1998
[164 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-10)

Retirement Facts 11 -- Information for Separating CSRS Employees Who Are Not Eligible for an Immediate Annuity, November 1997
[186 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-13)

Retirement Facts 12 -- Information About Reemployment in the Civil Service Retirement System, November 1997
[204 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-18)

Retirement Facts 13 -- CSRS Offset Retirement, April 1998
[208 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-19)

Retirement Facts 14 -- Law Enforcement and Firefighter CSRS Retirement, October 1997
[160 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-20)

Information for Annuitants (CSRS), April 1999
[408 KB] (Form Number RI 20-59)

Information for Survivor Annuitants, April 2001
(Form Number: RI 25-26)

Information for Disability Annuitants (CSRS), September 2000
[202 KB] (Form Number: RI 30-13)

Survivor Benefits for Children, April 2007
[278 KB] (Form Number: RI 25-27)

Applying for Death Benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), October 2006
[279 KB] (Form Number: SF-2800-1)