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Thrift Savings Plan balances show signs of economic recovery Mar 15, 2010 The recovering stock market helped push the Thrift Savings Plan's overall fund balance to $246.3 billion in February — its highest level ever. Post a Comment Recommend (3) New hires to be automatically enrolled in TSP starting in August The federal government plans to begin automatically enrolling new employees in the Thrift Savings Plan in August, the board governing the plan said Tuesday. Redesigned TSP Web site to launch in May The new, upgraded Thrift Savings Plan Web site is scheduled to go online in May, the board governing the program said Jan. 19. TSP loan activity slows as recession ends Thrift Savings Plan participants slowed their loan withdrawals in October, and the board governing the plan hopes that "slight easing" is a sign that loan activity is about to start shrinking. Next benefit? Roll over your unused leave into TSP Legislators are considering allowing federal employees to deposit the cash value of unused sick leave and vacation time into their Thrift Savings Plan accounts. (1)		Most Popular Federal Stories Today Past Week Past Month DHS halts expansion of virtual border fence (77) Next December's COLA increase estimated at 0.1% (70) News Briefs (66) Thrift Savings Plan balances show signs of economic recovery (59) AF labor relations officer elected president of Federal Managers Assn. (50) News Briefs (858) USPS should engage public more when closing offices, PRC says (480) 168,000 DoD employees may transfer to new pay systems by September (421) Feds can take extended leave to care for relatives in the military (414) Agencies finding it hard to follow through on open government order (402) News Briefs (3162) Government is incapable of containing a large cyber attack, experts agree (1438) Postal Service foresees insolvency - unless Congress acts (1171) DHS tightening controls on its travel (1076) Postal Service ‘running out of cash' (1046) Tell Us About Labor-management partnerships What changes, good or bad, do you foresee from President Barack Obama’s executive order to re-establish labor-management partnerships? Send your comments to Staff Writer Stephen Losey.
Text Alerts Sign up for breaking federal government news alerts. Enter your phone number. Powered by 4INFO. Standard Messaging Rates or other charges apply. To Opt-out text STOP to 4INFO (44636). For more information text HELP to 4INFO (44636). Contact your carrier for more details.	TSP News Thrift Savings Plan balances show signs of economic recovery The recovering stock market helped push the Thrift Savings Plan's overall fund balance to $246.3 billion in February — its highest level ever. New hires to be automatically enrolled in TSP starting in August The federal government plans to begin automatically enrolling new employees in the Thrift Savings Plan in August, the board governing the plan said Tuesday. Redesigned TSP Web site to launch in May The new, upgraded Thrift Savings Plan Web site is scheduled to go online in May, the board governing the program said Jan. 19. TSP loan activity slows as recession ends Thrift Savings Plan participants slowed their loan withdrawals in October, and the board governing the plan hopes that "slight easing" is a sign that loan activity is about to start shrinking. Next benefit? Roll over your unused leave into TSP Legislators are considering allowing federal employees to deposit the cash value of unused sick leave and vacation time into their Thrift Savings Plan accounts. (1) More Headlines Coming up: Cash in your unused leave for TSP TSP stock funds on the rebound New TSP Web site to answer questions by e-mail Rebound continues for TSP funds New hires to get immediate matching contributions in TSP accounts Approved tobacco bill includes upgrades to Thrift Savings Plan Roth TSP available in 1 or 2 years TSP participants head back to stock funds Improvements planned for Thrift Savings Plan Web site New TSP options likely TSP board supports addition of Roth 401(k) option, spouse benefit Sick leave credit, TSP provisions advance TSP reports record allocations in safe G Fund TSP dispels hoax story about I Fund insolvency Waxman calls for mandatory TSP enrollment TSP to redesign Web site this year Roth option may be coming to TSP Congress waives TSP withdrawal requirement Thousands pull plug on TSP contributions Thousands of feds no longer contribute to TSP Search the TSP Archives for more News