Federal Pensions: Judicial Survivors' Annuities System Costs and Benefit Levels
GGD-97-87
Published: Jun 27, 1997. Publicly Released: Jun 27, 1997.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed certain aspects of the Judicial Survivors' Annuities System (JSAS), focusing on: (1) the system's costs; (2) whether the participants' contributions covered one-half of the costs; and (3) the adjustments needed to achieve the 50-percent figure if the contributions are less than one half of the system's costs.
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Civil service retirement systemComparative analysisCost sharing (finance)Employee survivors benefitsFederal employee retirement programsFederal employees retirement systemFringe benefit costsFuture budget projectionsJudgesPension plan cost controlPensionsSocial security benefits