I don’t get why people even use e-Phone. Apart from being accessible only from OpenNet computers, it sends you an annoying email every time you use it and uses the worst font ever made. I’m always surprised that people don’t seem to know about EmployeeExpress.gov. Though the Department doesn’t make full use of its features, it allows you to login from any internet connection. Their Earnings & Leave statements (which are better formatted than e-Phone) have the same data and W-2s are up there as soon as they’re available. You can also change some of your mailing address info, but a lot of TSP stuff must still be done by submitting paper through HR.

It’s particularly helpful to have digital copies of this stuff available on-demand when you’re at home doing your DC taxes at the last minute and need to calculate partial-year earnings. Not like that’s what I’m doing right now, or anything.

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