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Bureau of the Census
Human Resources Division
Pay, Benefits & Services Branch

Mailing address:
Pay, Benefits & Services Branch
U.S. Census Bureau
HRD Call Center, Room 2J432
4600 Silver Hill Road
Washington, DC 20233

Telephone:
(800) 871-5816 or
(301) 763-HR4U (4748)

FAX:
(301) 763-0335 or 0382

Contact benefits staff for forms and information on the following:

Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Program

• Eligibility
• Enrollment
• Premium Conversion
• Change in Plan/Option
• Open Season
• Claims and Appeals
• Continuation of coverage while intermittent or on leave-without-pay
• Direct pay premiums while in non-pay status
• Temporary Continuation of Coverage (TCC) provisions for self and family members
• Converting to an individual policy
• Spouse Equity Enrollment for former spouses
• Continuation of coverage for children over age 22 and incapable of self-support
• Continuing FEHB as a compensationer
• Continuing FEHB into retirement

Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program

• Eligibility
• Enrollment
• Changing election
• Beneficiaries
  
• Continuation of coverage while intermittent or on LWOP
  
• Living Benefits for the terminally ill
  
• Assignment of life insurance
  
• Converting to an individual policy
  
• Continuing FEGLI as a compensationer
  
• Continuing FEGLI into retirement
  
• Accidental death and dismemberment
  
• Filing a claim

Flexible Spending Accounts

• Eligibility
  
• Enrollment
  
• Long Term Care Insurance
• Unpaid Compensation
  
• Beneficiaries
  
• Death benefits

Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), CSRS Offset, the Federal Employees

• Retirement System (FERS), and Social Security
  
• Eligibility
  
• Withholdings
  
• Beneficiaries
  
• Age and service requirements
  
• Retirement service computation date (RET-SCD)
  
• Sick leave credit
  
• Annuity estimates
  
• Retirement application package
  
• Optional, Early Optional, Disability, Discontinued Service, and Deferred Retirement
  
• FERS supplemental annuity
  
• Alternative Form of Annuity
  
• Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments (Buyouts)
  
• FERS transfer considerations
  
• Refunds
  
• Refund of excess CSRS deductions for FERS employees
  
• Redeposit of prior refund
  
• Deposit due for non-deduction (temporary) service
  
• Post-1956 military deposit
  
• Voluntary contribution accounts
  
• Reemployment of annuitants
  
• Survivor benefits
  
• Lump sum death benefits
  
• Spouse Equity provisions for former spouses
  
• Pension Offset Provision
  
• Windfall Elimination Provision
  
• Social Security s Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement
  
• Medicare

Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)

• Eligibility
  
• Contributions
  
• Annual tax-deferred limitation
  
• TSP investment funds
  
• Interest rates
  
• Loans
  
• Vesting
  
• TSP-SCD
  
• Beneficiaries
  
• Court Orders
  
• Withdrawal options
  
• Annuities