About this episode

Charles and Marcus decode various federal retirement acronyms in plain English.

Spend enough time around federal retirement and the acronyms start flying — and it starts to feel too late to ask what they mean. Charles and Marcus decode the alphabet soup in plain English: FERS (and RAE/FRAE), CSRS and CSRS Offset, TSP, FEHB, FSA, FEGLI, MRA, VSIP/VERA/DRP, SRS, SCD, OPM, ORA, AUO/LEAP, the SF forms, and CSA. Grab the free Acronyms Cheat Sheet in the description. Fill out the form and download the cheat sheet here: https://perspectivefunnel.co/682642d22275ec003bfa6626/6a44...

People in this episode

Host: Charles Dzama

Guest: Marcus

Topics covered

• federal retirement
• acronyms
• FERS
• CSRS
• TSP
• benefits

Keywords

• FERS
• CSRS
• TSP
• FEHB
• acronyms
• federal retirement
• benefits
• SRS
• OPM
• FSA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CD Financial, OPM, FSA, FEGLI, FEHB, TSP, CSRS, FERS, SRS, CSA

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