If you are transferring from an agency that was serviced by the National Finance Center (NFC) payroll office, you should log into the Employee Personal Page (EPP) and update your "Preferences/Prefs" (menu on the left side of the screen) with your new agency email address. You should do this as soon as you know your new email address.

Upon your move from your previous employer to DHS OIG, your enrollment continues without interruption as long as you do not have a break in service of more than three calendar days.

If you are enrolled in an HMO and relocate outside the HMO's service area, you are permitted to change to another plan upon your transfer.

If you are enrolled in FEDVIP for dental and/or vision insurance, please contact BENEFEDS at 877-888-FEDS (877-888-3337) to report your new agency/payroll office information

Your life insurance coverage stops at the end of the day on which you separate from service for any reason including transfer.  DHS OIG will reinstate your coverage upon your transfer with no break in coverage.

SAMBA Employee Benevolent Fund (Life Insurance): If you are participating in the SAMBA Employee Benevolent Fund, or any of its other programs, eligibility for participation in that program will end with your transfer out of  DHS OIG. Contact the SAMBA offices for information on converting to an individual policy or enrolling at your new organization.

Please contact us if you have been contributing to TSP.  This will help ensure that your contributions, and more importantly, any loan payments continue without interruption. 

If you are enrolled in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), you must contact SHPS directly at 877-FSA-FEDS or 877-372-3337 to continue your account(s) through your new payroll office.

If you are enrolled in the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) and were paying the premiums by payroll deduction, you must complete a Billing Change Form to continue those deductions. For more information visit Long Term Care Partners or contact directly at 800-LTC-FEDS (800-582-3337).

Is one of the most important events in your life. A successful retirement takes careful planning on your part …planning that hopefully began early in your working career to help insure that you will have the income you need when you want to retire.

As a federal employee, your retirement coverage is determined by the following:

You are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) if:

• You are an employee first hired after 12/31/1983; or

• You were rehired with a break in service of more than 3 days after 12/31/1986, with less than 5 years of creditable service; or

• You elected to transfer to FERS.

You are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) if:

• You are an employee who was hired before 1984; or

• You were previously covered by CSRS and were rehired by the Federal government with less than a 1-year break in service.

You are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System Offset (CSRS Offset) if:

• You are a CSRS employee rehired by the federal government and have a break in service of more than 1 year and at least 5 years of creditable service; or

• You had a break in service after 12/31/1986, had at least 5 years of creditable service as of the last break in service, and have at least 1 day covered by CSRS.

FERS Benefit Overview

There are three parts to the FERS program: the FERS Basic Benefit, Social Security, and the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The mandatory deductions for FERS are as follows:

We strongly encourage all FERS employees to contribute to the Thrift Savings Plan since the larger portion of your retirement income will come from your TSP funds.

For detailed information regarding FERS, please refer to the FERS booklet.

CSRS Benefit Overview

The Civil Service Retirement System is derived from contributions from your pay that are deposited into the Civil Service Retirement Fund. Unlike FERS, CSRS employees do not contribute to Social Security. Therefore, a greater portion of your pay is deducted to fund the retirement system. The deductions for CSRS employees are:

For detailed information regarding CSRS, please refer to the CSRS booklet.

CSRS Offset

The CSRS Offset employee contributes .8% of their pay to the retirement system, the same as FERS. The benefits, however, are calculated similar to that of the CSRS with one exception. At age 62, if a CSRS Offset employee qualifies for Social Security, the CSRS benefit is reduced to "offset" that part of the retiree's Social Security benefit that reflects years of Federal service subject to the Offset Plan. The important thing to remember is that there is no loss of retirement income when the offset is applied. The deductions for CSRS Offset employees are:

For detailed CSRS Offset information, please refer to the CSRS Offset Booklet.

CSRS and CSRS Offset rehires may elect to transfer to FERS within six months from the date of reemployment.

Credit for Service

Military Service:

If you performed military service before 1957, your active duty time is fully creditable for retirement.

If you performed active duty in the military after 12/31/1956, you may need to make a monetary deposit to make this service creditable for retirement purposes. You will not be charged interest on a deposit for military service if you make the deposit within three years of the date you first become covered under the retirement system. If you do not make your deposit for military service during this "grace period" you will be charged interest on the outstanding balance, compounded annually, two years from the date you first became employed under the retirement system until payment is completed.

Non-Deduction/Refunded Service:

If you were previously employed in a position that was not covered by either CSRS or FERS retirement deductions, you may be eligible to make a deposit plus interest for this service into the retirement system and receive service credit for this time period.

Secondly, if you elected to take a refund of your retirement contributions for a previous period of employment, you might want to consider re-depositing the amount of your refund plus interest to the retirement fund to gain the service credit in your annuity.

Your annual and sick leave balances will be added to your leave account when we receive your leave records from your previous agency. If you prefer, you can provide the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to view it a copy of the final Earnings and Leave Statement from your previous agency, which shows your balances at the time of transfer.

Pay and Leave will add those balances to your leave account. Once the official leave record is received from your previous agency, Pay and Leave will compare the balances to those on the Leave and Earnings Statement and make adjustments as needed.

Deductions/ Allotments

Check your first Earnings and Leave Statement to make sure the correct deductions are being taken from your salary. This is particularly important if you were paying a Thrift Savings Plan loan or child support.