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on TSP Contribution Rules for 2009">Qs and As on TSP Contribution Rules for 2009</a> <br>                     </div> </td> <td width="35%" rowspan="2" align="center" valign="middle"> <p><a class="mainnav" href="index.html"></a> <a class="mainnav" href="calc/index.html"><img src="/web/20090126235750im_/http://www.tsp.gov/resources/calc.gif" alt=""Calculators and Links"" width="52" height="70" border="0" align="middle" class="left"/></a><a class="mainnav" href="calc/index.html" title=""Calculators and Links""><br/> Calculators</a> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="30%" colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" nowrap><center class="style2"></center></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" colspan="2" align="center" valign="middle"><a href="lifecycle/flash/index.html"><img src="/web/20090126235750im_/http://www.tsp.gov/resources/lfund.gif" alt=""Lifecycle Funds"" width="52" height="70" border="0" class="left"/></a><br/> <a class="mainnav" 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title=""TSP Highlights""><u>Highlights</u></a> </p> </td> <td width="12%" rowspan="5" align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" nowrap> <strong><a class="mainnav" href="features/index.html" title=""TSP Features for Civilians""> TSP Features</a></strong> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="features/index.html" onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()" onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image17','','resources/bullet.gif',1)"><img src="/web/20090126235750im_/http://www.tsp.gov/resources/bullet.gif" alt=""TSP Features for Civilians"" name="Image17" width="31" height="14" border="0"/></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="uniserv/features/index.html" onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()" onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image18','','resources/bullet.gif',1)"><img src="/web/20090126235750im_/http://www.tsp.gov/resources/bullet.gif" alt=""TSP Features for Uniformed Services"" name="Image18" width="31" height="14" border="0"/></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <a class="mainnav" href="forms/index.html" title=""Forms & Publications for Civilians""> Forms & Publications</a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="forms/index.html" onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()" onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image19','','resources/bullet.gif',1)"><img src="/web/20090126235750im_/http://www.tsp.gov/resources/bullet.gif" alt=""Forms & Publications for Civilians"" name="Image19" width="31" height="14" border="0"/></a> </td> <td align="center"> <a href="uniserv/forms/index.html" onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()" onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image20','','resources/bullet.gif',1)"><img src="/web/20090126235750im_/http://www.tsp.gov/resources/bullet.gif" alt=""Forms & Publications for Uniformed Services"" name="Image20" width="31" height="14" border="0"/></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" nowrap><a class="mainnav" href="bulletins/index.html" title=""Agency Representatives Information""> Info for TSP Representatives </a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="bulletins/index.html" onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()" onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image211','','resources/bullet.gif',1)"><img src="/web/20090126235750im_/http://www.tsp.gov/resources/bullet.gif" alt=""Agency Representatives Information"" name="Image211" width="31" height="14" border="0" id="Image211"/></a><a class="mainnav" href="bulletins/index.html"> </a></td> <td align="center"><a href="bulletins/uniserv/index.html" onmouseout="MM_swapImgRestore()" onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image221','','resources/bullet.gif',1)"><img src="/web/20090126235750im_/http://www.tsp.gov/resources/bullet.gif" alt="" Service Representatives Information"" name="Image221" width="31" height="14" border="0" id="Image221"/></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" nowrap> <a class="mainnav" href="curinfo/emailupdates.html" onclick="window.status='Sign Up'; return true" onmouseover="window.status='Sign Up'; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" title="E-mail Updates">Get E-mail Updates</a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="curinfo/emailupdates.html" onclick="window.status='Sign Up'; return true" onmouseover="window.status='Sign Up'; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" title="E-mail Updates" class="mainnav"><img src="/web/20090126235750im_/http://www.tsp.gov/resources/bullet.gif" alt="E-mail Updates" name="Image20" width="31" height="14" border="0"/></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" nowrap><a class="mainnav" href="curinfo/specint/index.html">Special Interests</a></td> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <a href="curinfo/specint/index.html" class="mainnav"><img src="/web/20090126235750im_/http://www.tsp.gov/resources/bullet.gif" alt=""Lifecycle Funds, Ready Reserve"" name="Image20" width="31" height="14" border="0"/></a> </td> </tr>  </table> <p> The TSP is a retirement savings plan for civilians who are employed by the United States Government and members of the uniformed services.  <a href="features/chapter01.html#sub3"> <u>The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment 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