Editing Q&A Access (section)

== Access ==
=== How to Setup LiteBlue ===
In order to view and access your employee documents including:
* Career or Craft Changing
* Job Bidding
* Payroll
* Tax documents

An employee needs to setup online access to [http://liteblue.usps.gov LiteBlue].
The first step in setting up an account is to setup a [https://ssp.usps.gov/ssp-web/login.xhtml SSP] or Self-Service Profile. You will need to have your EIN or Employee Identification Number which looks something like <b>06550872</b>. If you have a time card the EIN will be on this card.

Further walk through SSP
Further walk through LiteBlue Setup
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=== How to Setup Direct Deposit ===
From the LiteBlue main page navigate to [https://ewss.usps.gov/esymain.htm PostalEASE]. Enter your credentials. Select Allotments/Net To Bank Payroll on the upper left. There will be a disclaimer page, choose <b>Continue</b>, as Main Menu takes you back to the previous page. Net to Bank is postal terminology for direct deposit. 
</p><p>If you need to split up your paycheck into other accounts choose <b>Allotments</b>. Allotments is useful if you have a car payment or budget your money. Note if you use Allotments your NetPay in your paystub does not reflect your total Netpay, but rather the NetPay in the primary direct deposit account entered into Net to Bank. You may view these Allotment NetPay(s) under the deductions section of your paystub. 
</p><p><b>Please Note</b>: If you are a part-time employee, MHA, PSE, CCA, RCA, etc., you <u>must</u> update the Net to Bank after each break in service or craft change. In these instances the employee is technically no longer employed by USPS during the break in service or craft change and must start off as a new employee though most of your LiteBlue data will follow through to the next stage of your employment.
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=== How to Setup TSP ===
The federal government's terminology for the <u>career</u> employee's retirement fund is the [https://www.tsp.gov/ TSP] or Thrift Savings Plan. In LiteBlue navigate to PostalEASE. Enter your credentials and then choose <b>Continue</b> from the disclaimer page. The following page allows you to adjust the percentage of your pay that gets contributed to your TSP. By default when you become a career employee the government sets the contribution at 5%. If you want to setup additional retirement accounts such as IRA, both traditional and Roth are availble the option will show on this page. The government also contributes to your TSP each payroll if you contribute at least 5%. If you update any settings choose <b>Validate</b> to submit the changes. A ticket page will generate showing when the update changes will go into effect.
</p><p>LiteBlue provides an education page on [https://liteblue.usps.gov/humanresources/workforceconnection/tsp-whats-it-about.shtml TSP Benefits] and since TSP is a non-Agency specific federal retirement program and it is accessible independent of LiteBlue. The independent page is where you setup planning for retirement and how you want your TSP funds invested until you retire.
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=== How to Access W2 ===
From within LiteBlue navigate to PostalEASE. Enter your credentials. On the disclaimer page choose <b>Continue</b>. Choose the appropriate year to view that W2.
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