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State Pension Plans: Similarities and Differences Between Federal and State Designs

GGD-99-45 Published: Mar 19, 1999. Publicly Released: Mar 19, 1999.
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GAO provided information on the: (1) design components of retirement programs that states offer to their general employees and compared them to the design components of the two principal retirement programs for federal employees; and (2) changes states have considered and made to their retirement programs.

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Civil service pensionsCivil service retirement systemComparative analysisEmployee retirement plansFederal employee retirement programsFederal employees retirement systemGovernment retirement benefitsPensionsSocial security benefitsState employeesState programs