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Retirement Information & Services

Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) Publications

Publications concerning the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) are listed below. Select one to read more.

Retirement Facts 1 -- The Civil Service Retirement System, November 1997
PDF File [178 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-1)


Retirement Facts 2 -- Military Service Credit Under the Civil Service Retirement System, December 1997
PDF File [124 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-2)


Retirement Facts 3 -- Deposits and Redeposits Under the Civil Service Retirement System, October 1997
PDF File [141 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-3)


Retirement Facts 4 -- Disability Retirement Under the Civil Service Retirement System, November 1997
PDF File [175 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-4)


Retirement Facts 5 -- Survivor Benefits Under the Civil Service Retirement System, October 1997
PDF File [150 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-5)


Retirement Facts 6 -- Early Retirement Under the Civil Service Retirement System, November 1997
PDF File [139 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-6)


Retirement Facts 7 -- Computing Retirement Benefits Under the Civil Service Retirement System, October 1997
PDF File [184 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-7)


Retirement Facts 8 -- Credit for Unused Sick Leave Under the Civil Service Retirement System, November 1997
PDF File [166 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-8)


Retirement Facts 9 -- Refunds Under the Civil Service Retirement System, October 1997
PDF File [176 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-9)


Retirement Facts 10 -- Voluntary Contributions Under the Civil Service Retirement System, April 1998
PDF File [164 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-10)


Retirement Facts 11 -- Information for Separating CSRS Employees Who Are Not Eligible for an Immediate Annuity, November 1997
PDF File [186 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-13)


Retirement Facts 12 -- Information About Reemployment in the Civil Service Retirement System, November 1997
PDF File [204 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-18)


Retirement Facts 13 -- CSRS Offset Retirement, April 1998
PDF File [208 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-19)


Retirement Facts 14 -- Law Enforcement and Firefighter CSRS Retirement, October 1997
PDF File [160 KB] (Form Number: RI 83-20)


Information for Annuitants (CSRS), August 2011
PDF File [1.1 MB] (Form Number RI 20-59)


Information on Electing a Survivor Annuity for Your Former Spouse , March 2009
HTML File [850 KB] (Form Number: RI 20-64B)


Information for Survivor Annuitants, August 2011
HTML File [426 KB] (Form Number: RI 25-26)


Survivor Benefits for Children, August 2011
PDF File [563 KB] (Form Number: RI 25-27)


Alternative Annuity Election Information for Employees (CSRS), December 2005
PDF File [56 KB] (Form Number: RI-38-123)


Applying for Death Benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), July 2011
PDF File [206 KB] (Form Number: SF-2800-1)


Applying for Immediate Retirement Under CSRS, June 2007
PDF File [279 KB] (Form Number: SF-2801A)

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