Posted on Thursday, 5th November 2015 by Dennis Damp
The 2016 plan brochures are now available online at OPM. I ordered 6 plan brochures through OPM’s FEHB Open Season Online service on Monday. I requested hard copies so I can sit down and review them offline. You can also view them online. This year has generated many more questions due to the new Self […]
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Posted on Thursday, 24th September 2015 by Dennis Damp
Retirement Benefits Update OPM recently added new helpful features to their Retirement Information and Services web site. The site continues to add new features to help annuitants and survivors with benefit and retirement issues. The latest additions provide registered users the ability to view and print 1099-R Tax Forms and a Year-to-Date Summary of Annuity […]
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Posted on Wednesday, 5th August 2015 by Dennis Damp
Please share this article with your friends and associates. Any mention of our articles and www.fedretire.net on Facebook and other social media would be appreciated. I was asked by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to be a guest speaker at their Washington DC headquarters on July 29th 2015. I discussed ways for employees to enhance their careers through the development […]
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Posted on Saturday, 16th May 2015 by Dennis Damp
(Updated 2/26/2023) I received a call from the wife of a friend who passed away. She was concerned about her options after being notified by the TSP that her husband’s account was converted to the G Fund upon his death. She was approached by a financial planner that suggested she transfer her husband’s TSP account […]
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Posted on Monday, 6th April 2015 by Dennis Damp
(Updated 2/26/2023) In my article titled Have You Considered Hiring a Financial Advisor, I discussed professional investment assistance and the advantages and costs associated with hiring a financial advisor. This article focuses on the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), its benefits, and their very low management fees compared to other funds. It also introduces you to various […]
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Posted on Saturday, 7th March 2015 by Dennis Damp
The impact that our Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA) has on our annuity is significant and without it retirees would find themselves doing with less as they age. Even though our COLAs don’t truly keep up with inflation as claimed we at least experience increases most years. If COLAs would have been paid in 2010 […]
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Posted on Tuesday, 27th January 2015 by Dennis Damp
1099-R Forms I like to complete my taxes as early as possible and often end up waiting for key documents such as our 1099-R form and various bank and investment forms. The online availability of most of these documents does save time. I visited OPM’s Services Online on January 22nd and was able to download […]
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| Comments (0)Posted on Friday, 23rd January 2015 by Dennis Damp
Updated 2/22/2024 Please forward this article to everyone in your organization that is planning on retiring over the next five years and tag it for your Facebook and other social media pages. Once you retire you lose access to many online agency and government web sites that hold valuable information that you may need after […]
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