Q. I started in the government on Feb. 21, 1984, as a full-time equivalent temporary employee not to exceed one year but managed to get another job in November of that year — FTE, 18 months to three years — which became a permanent job. FICA was being taken out of my pays. What will be my service computation date for retirement purposes? I will have 29 years next month and be 56 years old. My personnel office is telling me January 1987. I am under FERS.
A. Your agency is correct. Unless you make a deposit for that period of nondeduction service, you won’t get any credit for it in determining your length of service or in your annuity computation.
