Excerpt: Despite a deficit of $12 trillion or so, a major recession and unemployment of about 10%, this has been a banner year for federal employee benefits. With the passage of the Defense authorization bill into law, federal employees found themselves with a new list of benefits (or at least changes) including: ... [Also,] you may find that you have the ability to rollover the cash value of your unused sick leave or annual leave balances that cannot be carried into the next year into your Thrift Savings Plan account.