Q: Can you tell me which retirement plan should I have been in? I was temporarily employed by the federal government in 1983 but became a permanent employee in 1984. Shouldn’t I be under the Civil Service Retirement System? And not the Federal Employees Retirement System? A: No, I can’t tell you. What I can tell you is this: If you had five years of creditable service under CSRS before Jan. 1, 1987, you would have been entitled to be covered by CSRS with the option of electing to be covered by FERS. Since the Office of Personnel Management has…