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How to Find Essential Retirement & Benefit Information

Posted on Friday, 8th June 2018 by Dennis Damp

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Updated 7/1/2025 When you require information about your benefits and retirement planning you need resources at your fingertips to make informed decisions FAST. OPM does have a comprehensive site, http://www.opm.gov, that you can search and find abundant information, however it is often difficult to locate what you are looking for. Plus they don’t offer advice […]

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Life’s Milestones – Retiree Perspective

Posted on Friday, 1st June 2018 by Dennis Damp

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There are many significant milestones in all of our lives. I attending Milton Hershey School for Boys in the late 1950s and early 60s, graduated from high school and college, received my draft notice in 1968, joined the U.S. Air Force, married my high school sweetheart, landed my first government job with the Department of […]

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Surviving on an Interim Annuity Payment

Posted on Friday, 18th May 2018 by Dennis Damp

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Are you prepared to live on reduced income until your retirement claim is processed? Those already retired know all about this, they received interim annuity payments until the final adjudication of their retirement. For me personally, it only took three months. I retired on December 31 and my first full annuity payment, with credits for […]

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Health Care Open Season Changes and TRICARE

Posted on Monday, 7th May 2018 by Dennis Damp

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It’s a little early to be thinking of the next FEHB Open Season for 2019 benefits, yet it’s important to know what changes are coming down the pike. The Federal Benefits Open Season enrollment period, Nov. 12, 2018 through Dec. 10, 2018, runs concurrently with the TRICARE Open Season. FEDVIP Vision and Dental Plans, originally […]

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Interest Rates Rising – Saving For A rainy Day –

Posted on Friday, 27th April 2018 by Dennis Damp

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Low interest rates over the past decade have driven many to abandon secure FDIC insured savings, Treasury Bills and Notes for higher risk investments such as stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds. A good number of savers simply left their savings in very low yielding bank accounts and suffered the loss of income and decreased buying power […]

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Retirement Essentials – Do You Have What it Takes!

Posted on Saturday, 17th March 2018 by Dennis Damp

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Updated 8/12/2025 “Retirement is wonderful if you have two essentials — much to live on and much to live for.” The author of this quote is unknown, but whoever made this observation was indeed an astute observer of the human condition. Most retirees have much to live for, watching their children mature and become successful, responsible […]

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The Beat Goes On – Retiree Health and Fitness Perspective

Posted on Saturday, 10th March 2018 by Dennis Damp

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I frequently listen to XM radio’s sixties on channel 6 while I’m out and about. Last week, on my way to my cardiologist’s office, they played The Beat Goes On by Sonny and Cher. I visualized Sonny and Cher on stage singing, “Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La de da de de, […]

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OPM’s Retiree Online Services (Avoid These Problems) + Jobs Update

Posted on Tuesday, 27th February 2018 by Dennis Damp

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I receive many questions from site visitors concerning OPM’s Retiree Services Online (SOL). Their site allows users to view their annuity statements, change allotments, download their 1099R tax form, set federal and state tax withholdings, and much more. To register for the first time you must first call OPM and request a temporary password that […]

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