Thrift Savings Plan -- New and revised BRS materials available U.S. Coast Guard no topic Update

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The Thrift Savings Plan has created a new video called “The TSP for BRS Members: What’s It All About?” to give an overview of the Thrift Savings Plan to uniformed services members covered by the new Blended Retirement System (BRS). The TSP has also released two new booklets designed to help members manage their accounts: Managing Your Account for Members of the Uniformed Services Managing Your Account for Civilian Federal Employees. These replace the Managing Your Account booklet that covered both civilian and uniformed services. Many other TSP publications and web pages have been revised to reflect policies that have changed with the advent of BRS.

Beginning January 1, 2018, all new members of the uniformed services will be enrolled in BRS. Members with fewer than 12 years of service by December 31, 2017, are also eligible to enroll in the new system. Those who are eligible for BRS and have not decided whether to join should see the video “Opting into the Blended Retirement System (BRS)” and the fact sheet Questions and Answers about Opting into the Blended Retirement System (BRS). The new video and others designed to educate members on the TSP can be found at youtube.com/tsp4gov.


PPC Customer Satisfaction Survey:

We continually monitor our processes in an ongoing attempt to Improve service. Anytime you receive service from us, you are invited to fill out our customer service survey at: https://surveys.uscg.mil/Community/se.ashx?s=6F20F77475DF73B4

Note: In order to ensure the safety and security of your information our Customer Satisfaction Survey is only accessible from within the Coast Guard Data Network. If you would like to provide feedback on the service you received, but do not have access to the Coast Guard Data Network (via a Coast Guard Standard Workstation), please contact us by email to PPC-DG-M-Feedback@uscg.mil.


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.

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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