SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The ETF tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index. The ETF holds the 30 large-cap US stocks that represent the Index. This ETF is registered as a Unit Investment trust and pays a monthly dividend representing dividends paid by the underlying stocks. The ETF's holdings are price weighted.
Creditable service under FERS usually includes Federal covered service, that is, service in which the individual's pay is subject to FERS retirement deductions, such as service under a career or career conditional appointment,
In the United States, the federal civil service was established in 1871. The Federal Civil Service is defined as all appointive positions in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the Government of the United States, except positions in the uniformed services. (5 U.S.C. Â§ 2101).