Posted on Monday, 29th November 2010 by Dennis Damp
Please Forward This Email to Others That Would Benefit From This Information One – Two – Three……. Remember the lyrics “One, Two, Three, It’s so Easy” by Len Berry from the 1960s? One, two, three That’s how elementary it’s gonna be Just fine and dandy It’s easy Like taking candy from a baby Well, most […]
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Posted on Friday, 29th October 2010 by Dennis Damp
Please Forward This Email to Others That Would Benefit From This Information Retire Mortgage FREE Here is a viable plan for retiring mortgage free. The TSP recently reported their 2011 Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) contribution limits. The limits will be unchanged for 2011 and remain at $16,500 and an additional $5,500 for the catch-up contributions […]
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| Comments (3)Posted on Monday, 27th September 2010 by Dennis Damp
A soon to be retired fed contacted me last month about an estimate they received from their HR department with a grossly incorrect survivor benefit cost estimate. The employee was advised that a full survivor benefit for their spouse would reduce their monthly benefit by one third! Incorrect high estimates like this can put the […]
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Posted on Thursday, 26th August 2010 by Dennis Damp
The FERS supplement and deferred annuities have attracted considerable attention recently. Many are thinking seriously about early retirement these days. Thankfully we have Linda Duncan, our HR and Benefits Forum Host, available to handle these often complex issues for our site visitors. We recently added a Travel Forum and Nancy Holston’s article titled New England […]
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Posted on Monday, 2nd August 2010 by Dennis Damp
We receive many questions each month from retirees and federal employees and many are focused on the following subject areas. I suggest copying this article and keep it with your important papers so you and your family will have the answers needed when faced with these issues. Retirement Income Verification If a mortgage company or […]
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Posted on Monday, 28th June 2010 by Dennis Damp
Changes to the Savings Bond Program OPM recently sent retirees a letter announcing the phasing out of paper savings bonds through traditional savings plans. If you have savings bonds withheld, they will be stopped automatically in October, the last month you will receive a bond. You can continue to purchase savings bonds through the Treasury […]
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Posted on Wednesday, 2nd June 2010 by Dennis Damp
The TSP and markets in general have been on another roller coaster ride AGAIN this past month or so. I fortunately shifted all of my TSP account to the G Fund several weeks ago feeling that the market was overdue for a correction. I discussed my intention to switch to the G Fund in my […]
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| Comments (0)Posted on Friday, 30th April 2010 by Dennis Damp
Everyone, regardless of whether or not you’re retired, could use extra income to do with as you please. Several companies have posted new full and part time job opportunities on our career center recently at http://federalretirement.net/jobsboard.htm. You will find full time, part time, and work from home job vacancies and when you add in the […]
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