Blended Retirement System (BRS) Live Q&A and TSP Resources Available (CG PPC News Update)

Blended Retirement System (BRS) Live Q&A (08 June)  - Changes are coming to the military retirement plan. Now’s your chance to receive information regarding the Blended Retirement System. Please find the below information on an upcoming Blended Retirement System Live Q&A scheduled for 1 p.m. ET (1300 EST) on June 8. 

This BRS Facebook Q&A is hosted by Military One Source and is open to Coast Guard members and families.The link to the Facebook Events Page for access: https://www.facebook.com/events/421172331589708/. You will not be able to access Facebook for this event from a CG workstation, however you or your spouse can use your personal computer. There will be future learning opportunities via other platforms. Additional BRS resources are available at http://www.dcms.uscg.mil/BRS.

 

Thrift Savings Plan (TSP Blended Retirement System (BRS) Resources Available — (June 2, 2017) Two new sources of information—a fact sheet and a video—about the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) are now available. The information is meant to help members of the uniformed services who will have fewer than 12 years of service on December 31, 2017 decide whether to opt into BRS or stay with their current system. See the fact sheet Questions and Answers about Opting into the Blended Retirement System (BRS) and the video “Opting into the Blended Retirement System (BRS).”

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Did you know our web site a new address?

The links below provide quick access to the new versions of pages and files that were the most visited on our old site. Use the Menu, located at the top of the left column of each page, to navigate to our branches and products. Use the Feedback Button, located at the bottom of the left column, to let us know how we are doing or to ask for assistance in locating content.

PPC Internet Home Page
PPC Retiree and Annuitant Services Branch
PPC Travel Branch
Pay & Allowance Rates
CG-3307 Templates
Direct Access
Personnel & Pay Procedures Manual
Forms & Worksheets
Web-TPAX

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This is an update from the U. S. Coast Guard Pay & Personnel Center in Topeka, KS. We use this distribution list to keep our customers informed about USCG Travel policy, the TPAX travel claim system, the Direct Access HR system, and matters pertaining to military pay and benefits.If you are no longer interested in receiving updates from PPC, please follow the link (at the end of this message) in the SUBSCRIBER SERVICES section to unsubscribe. Address any comments, concerns, or questions to richard.a.etheridge@uscg.mil. Also, please contact me by email if you have an announcement you would like to share with our customers

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