Congress Should Add Auto-Enrollment to the Thrift Savings Plan, But Resist Interfering in Its Investment Choices


 

Publication Date: September 2007

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): David C. John

Research Area: Banking and finance

Keywords: Social security; corporate responsibility; TSP; Thrift Savings Plan

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

While making enrollment in TSP easier, Congress should avoid policies that risk distracting the TSP from its core mission of improving the retirement incomes of federal workers.