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U.S. Office of Personnel Management


CSRS and FERS Handbook
for Personnel and Payroll Offices


The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has Governmentwide responsibility and oversight for the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and related Federal benefits administration functions. These pages contain the CSRS and FERS Handbook for Personnel and Payroll Offices used to advise Federal agencies about various aspects of benefits administration.

This is the April 1998 version of this handbook, which was made available for downloading from this site on May 15, 1998.

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Chapter

Administrative

 

 

C001

Administration and General Provisions

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C002

Cost-of-Living Adjustments

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C003

Reconsideration and Appeal

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C004

Debt Collection

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C005

Court Orders

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Coverage

 

 

C010

Coverage

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C011

Elections of FERS Coverage

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C012

Special Coverage Rules

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Service Credit

 

 

C020

Creditable Civilian Service

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C021

Service Credit Payments for Civilian Service

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C022

Creditable Military Service

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C023

Service Credit Payments for Post-56 Military Service

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Contributions

 

 

C030

Employee Deductions and Agency Contributions

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C031

Voluntary Contributions

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C032

Refunds

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C033

Return of Excess Contributions

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C034

Designation of Beneficiary

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Retirement Eligibility

 

 

C040

Planning and Applying for Retirement

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C041

Voluntary Retirement Based on Age and Service

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C042

MRA + 10 Retirement

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C043

Early Voluntary Retirement

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C044

Discontinued Service Retirement

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C045

Deferred Retirement

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C046

Special Retirement Provisions for Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, Air Traffic Controllers, and Military Reserve Technicians

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Computation of Benefits

 

 

C050

Computation of Annuity Under the General Formula

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C051

Retiree Annuity Supplement

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C052

Survivor Elections

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C053

Alternative Annuity Elections

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C054

Special Computation Formulas for Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, and Air Traffic Controllers

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C055

Computation for Part-Time Employees

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Disability Benefits

 

 

C060

Disability Retirement

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C061

Computation of Disability Retirement Benefits

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Death Benefits

 

 

C070

Spouse Benefits - Death of an Employee

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C071

Spouse Benefits - Death of an Annuitant

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C072

Spouse Benefits - Death of a Former Employee

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C073

Children's Benefits

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C074

Former Spouse Survivor Benefits

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C075

Lump Sum Benefits

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Record Keeping

 

 

C080

Payroll Office Reporting of Deductions and Contributions

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C081

Individual Retirement Records and Registers of Separations and Transfers

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C082

(Reserved)

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C083

Self-Evaluation Guide for Agency Administration of Employee Benefit Programs

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C084

Correction of Retirement Records

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C085

Headcounts

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Miscellaneous

 

 

C100

Reemployed Annuitants

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C101

Special Retirement Provisions for Senior Officials

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C102

Relationship Between Retirement Annuity and Compensation for Work-Related Injuries and Diseases

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The Office of Personnel Management program office responsible for the maintenance of this page is the Agency Services Division, in the Retirement and Insurance Service. Questions or feedback regarding the contents of this page should be forwarded to: benefits@opm.gov.


Updated 19 April 2000