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1099R Forms Available NOW! Plus, Recovery Rebate Credits by
Dennis Damp
2022 COLA Announced and Annuity Projection Calculator
by Dennis Damp
2022 Leave Chart & Schedule Tracker Now Available by
Dennis Damp
2023 Leave Chart & Schedule Tracker Now Available
2023
FEHB Plan Selection Guide by Dennis Damp
2023 FEHB Premiums Rise Abruptly by Dennis Damp
2020
Reflections – Life Goes On by Dennis Damp
2023 COLA Alert – Highest increase in 40 Years!
2023 COLA
– Up, Up, and Away by Dennis Damp
2023
FEHB Plan Selection Guide by Dennis Damp
2023 COLA Projections and Treasury Rates Rising by
Dennis Damp
2023 Leave Chart & Schedule Tracker Now Available by
Dennis Damp
The 2024 Election – Voting Early This November
2025 COLAs and the Medicare & You Handbook
2025 COLA Estimates & Retirement Processing Update
2025 COLAs and the Medicare & You Handbook by Dennis
Damp
2025 Health Care Premiums, Hold on to Your Hat!
2025 Federal Employee’s Leave Record Now Available
2025 FEHB & Medicare Plans – Changes on the Way by
Dennis Damp
2025 FEHB & PSHB Healthcare Plan Selection Guide by
Dennois Damp
2025 Open Season Round Up – What You Need to Know!
A Greek Holiday – Exploring Greek Ports of Call by
Nancy Holston
A
Roth IRA’s Many Benefits by Paul Risser
A Life Insurance Check-Up: Understanding FEGLI Coverage – Part 1
by Linda Sherman
A Life Insurance Check-up: Evaluating Your Insurance Needs – Part 2
by Linda Sherman
A New Reality
by Dennis Damp
A Sign of the Times – Have You Tried to Buy a New Car
Lately? by Dennis Damp
A Way
Out – It Pays to Complain by Dennis Damp
(Correction) Aetna’s FEHB Medicare Advantage Plan by
Dennis Damp
Alert – New TSP Withdrawal Options by Dennis Damp
An
Estate Planning Checklist by Paul Risser
Andrew McCabe Fired – Law Enforcement Officer Retirement Impact
by Dennis Damp
Alaska Cruising – Late Summer Deals to Alaska are Abundant
by Nancy Holston
An
African Photo Safari (Part I) by Nancy Holston
An African
Safari (Part 2) by Nancy Holston
Annuity Calculations for Part Time Service by Dennis
Damp
Annuity Calculator – What You Will Have When
by Dennis Damp
Annuity Expectations – Before and After by Dennis Damp
2020 COLA and Annuity Projection Calculator Update by
Dennis Damp
Annuity Statements, Open Season Comments, & Closing
Thoughts by Dennis Damp
Annuity Statements and 1099R Tax Forms Availability by
Dennis Damp
Safety, Health & Convenience – The Apple Watch Connection
Required Retirement Application Forms by Dennis Damp
Are You Considering A Move or Vacation Home Purchase After You
Retire? by Dennis Damp
Are
You Ready For Retirement? by Dennis Damp
Are Your Bank & Credit Union Accounts Safe and Insured?
Avoid Retirement Processing Delays (Update) by Dennis
Damp
Are Your Bank & Credit Union Accounts Safe and Insured?
Blue Cross Blue Shield Basic to GEHA Standard Plan Comparison –
2023 by Dennis Damp
The Beat Goes On – Retiree Health and Fitness Perspective
by Dennis Damp
Caution – Beneficiary Designation Alert by Dennis Damp
Blindsided – Don’t be Caught Off Guard by Dennis Damp
How to request an updated OPM Benefits
BLUEBOOK each year.
Blue Cross Focus to GEHA Standard Plan Comparison by
Dennis V. Damp
BCBS Basic
to GEHA Standard Comparison + Medicare & You
Borrowing to Pay the Mortgage by Dennis Damp
Capturing Your Travel Memories by Nancy Holston
Career Development & the Retirement Connection
by Dennis Damp
CAUTION – Do This Before You Retire by Dennis Damp
CAUTION – Don’t Lose Your FEHB Coverage by Dennis Damp
CAUTION – PREPARE FOR THE TSP TRANSISTION
Then
and Now Plus CD Rates on the Rise by Dennis Damp
Changes for the 2021 FEHB Open Season and How to Save Some
Serious Money by Dennis Damp
Checks Are on the Way – CARES Act Summary by Dennis
Damp
2023 COLA
– Up, Up, and Away
2022 COLA Projections and Prescription Tip by Dennis
Damp
2022 COLA Announced and Annuity Projection Calculator
by Dennis Damp
2025 COLA Estimates & Retirement Processing Update by
Dennis Damp
COLAs, I Bond Interest, and Leaving Federal Service for the
Private Sector by Dennis Damp
Connect to OPM Retirement Services Online by Herbert
Casey
Consider Lower Cost FEHB Plans When Signing up for Medicare
Considering Your Options – Should You Stay the Course?
by Dennis Damp
Contacting OPM – Delays Reported by Dennis Damp
Collecting Social Security While Still Working and CSRS
Offset Concerns by Dennis Damp
Connecting to FEHB Open Season Online by Dennis Damp
Consider Lower Cost FEHB Plans When Signing up for Medicare
by Dennis Damp
Constructive Feedback at Work and Home | LTC Update
by Dennis Damp
Could You Survive on Interim Retirement Check Payments?
by Dennis Damp
COVID-19 – Cautiously Optomistic by Dennis Damp
Don’t Overlook
Credit for Military Service by Herbert
Casey
Creditable Service for Furloughed Employees & Pandemic
Assistance by Dennis Damp
Critical Contacts, FERS Redeposits, & Much Ado About
Everything by Dennis Damp
Critical Retirement Decisions – Are You Prepared? by
Dennis Damp
Death Benefit Delays – Don’t Let This Happen to You (Part
1)
Death Benefit Delays – Don’t Let This Happen to You (Part
2)
Debt Ceiling Impact on TSP Investments + Updates
by Dennis Damp
Deciding When to Retire - A 7 Step Guide by Dennis Damp
How
to Defer Medicare Part B Enrollment by Dennis Damp
Should I Defer Social Security Until Age 70? by Dennis
Damp
Did You Hear That? – A Fitting End to A Frustrating Problem
by Dennis Damp
Direct Deposit Changes – Updated Procedures by Dennis
Damp
Ditch your Bank’s Low Savings Rates
Are Dividend Stocks A Safe Haven For Retirees?
by Dennis Damp
Don’t Get Burned by Your Old Divorce Decree by Ann
Ozuna
Don’t
Let This Happen to You! by Dennis Damp
Don’t Miss the
Bus by Chuck Jumpeter
Don’t Overlook Credit for Military Service by Herbert
Casey
Down But Not Out – Imagine if This Was You! by Dennis
Damp
The
Art of Downsizing – Why, Where, & When? by Dennis Damp
How an Annuity & the TSP Are Divided in a Divorce
Federal Benefits in Divorce – After the Decree, now what?
by Ann Ozuna
Is it Time to Update Your Designated Beneficiary Forms?
by Dennis Damp
Early Retirement Incentives – VERAs May be on the Way
by Dennis Damp
Earn 3.54% with Series I Savings Bonds – Tax Deferred
Income by Dennis Damp
Earning Extra Income in Retirement and Having Fun at the Same Time
by Dennis Damp
The 2024 Election – Voting Early This November
Enhancing Your Retirement Experience – One Day at a Time
by Dennis Damp
End of 2021 FEHB Open Season Advice by Dennis Damp
An
Estate Planning Checklist by Paul Risser
Estate Planning Guide Revisited – Setting up Your Plan
by Dennis Damp
Fast & Furious – Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire -
Commentary by Dennis Damp
Federal Benefits in Divorce – After the Decree, now what?
by Ann Ozuna
Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Premium
Changes 2021 by Dennnis Damp
2025 Federal Employee’s Leave Record Now Available
Federal & Postal Employees Health Benefits Update by
Dennis Damp
Federal Retirees Needed to Provide COVID 19 Pandemic
Support by Dennis Damp
Federal Retirees Needed to Provide COVID 19 Pandemic
Support
FEGLI Insurance Options Part (1) / Retiree Jobs Update /
Hearing Loss Help Forum by Dennis Damp
FEGLI Insurance Options (Part 2) – Options A, B & C
by Dennis Damp
FEGLI Insurance Options (Part 3) – Life Event Changes +
COLA Update by Dennis Damp
FEGLI Open Season, Phased Retirement, & Updates
by Dennis Damp
FEGLI Open Season, Long Term Care, and Lifestyle Updates
by Dennis Damp
FEGLI Open Season Considerations – Take a Second Look
by Dennis Damp
2023
FEHB Premiums Rise Abruptly by Dennis Damp
FEHB Insurance Company Dispute Resolution by Linda
Sherman
Getting a Head Start on the FEHB Open Season
by Dennis Damp
FEHB Medicare Advantage Plans – What You Need to Know
by Dennis Damp
2019
FEHB Premiums Announced + Updates by dennis Damp
FEGLI Rate Changes, Annuity Adjustments & More
by Dennis Damp
FEHB Adding Medicare Part B Requirement for (PSHB) Plans
by Dennis Damp
FEHB Average health care Premiums rising for 2022 by
Dennis Damp
The FEHB Open Season Conundrum, Selecting the Best Plan
by Dennis Damp
CAUTION
– Don’t Lose Your FEHB Coverage by Dennis Damp
FEHB Open Season, Federal Retirement Report, and Site
Recognition by Dennis Damp
FEHB Open Season for 2023 Plans– Higher Costs on the
Horizon
FEHB / PSHB Open Season Online – Access & What it Offers
by Dennis Damp
FEHB Medicare Advantage Plans (Proceed with Caution)
FEHB Medicare Advantage Plans – What You Need to Know
2022
FEHB Open Season Advice by Dennis Damp
FEHB Open Season & 2017 Leave Chart Updates – Retiree Jobs
by Dennis Damp
Ready
– Set – Go! FEHB Open Season by Dennis Damp
Connecting to FEHB Open Season Online by Dennis Damp
FEHB Open Season Prep + Qualifying Life Events
by Dennis Damp
2023
FEHB Plan Selection Guide by Dennis Damp
FEHB Self Plus One Clarification, Plan Comparison Tool, &
TRICARE Update by Dennis Damp
FERS
Retirement Options by Dennis Damp
FERS Supplements, Deferred Annuities and the Travel Forum
by Dennis Damp
FERS Supplement Update – Are You Eligible by Dennis
Damp
FERS Annuity Supplement Eligibility and Earnings
Limitations + Annuity Projection by Dennis Damp
FERS & CSRS Retirements – Looking in the Rear View Mirror
by Dennis Damp
FERS Sick Leave & Hearing is Believing Too! by
Dennis Damp
The Investment Dilemma – Walk, Don’t Run to the Exit
March 2020
Are Your Loved Ones at Risk – Final Arrangements (Part 1)
by Dennis Damp
Finding Help – Retirement Planning Assistance by Dennis
Damp
Hiring A Financial Advisor – How and Why (Part 1) by
Dennis Damp
Hiring A Financial Advisor – Credentials and Fees (Part 2)
by Dennis Damp
Final Arranagements – Funeral & Burial Options (Part 2)
by Dennis Damp
Finding the Right One – Finally, She Has A Soul by Dennis Damp
Fixed Income – Yields Decrease as Feds Reduce Rates by
Dennis Damp
Fixed Income – Yields Decrease as Feds Reduce Rates by
Dennis Damp
Flexible Spending Account – 60 Day Window Open by Shawn
McCoy
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) 2022 Update
by Shawn McCoy
Protecting your Assets with Fixed Income Investments by
Dennis Damp
How to Find Essential Retirement & Benefit Information
by Dennis V. Damp
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA by Shawn McCoy)
Retirement Application & Benefit Forms – Don’t Make This
Mistake! by Dennis Damp
FREE At Last – The Good, Bad, and Inevitable of Turning 65
by Dennis Damp
Furloughed Government Employee Assistance by Dennis Damp
Getting it Right the First Time by Dennis Damp
Get Ready for “Phased Retirement” – A New Benefit by
Herbert Casey
GEHA Standard to BCBS Basic Plan Comparison – 2022 by Dennis Damp
GEHA Standard to BCBS Basic Plan Comparison – 2022 by
Dennis Damp
2017 is a
Wrap – Good News For 2018 by Dennis Damp
Finally, Good News for Retirees and Savers by Dennis
Damp
Government Shutdown FACT SHEET by Dennis Damp
Will Government Pension Offset (GPO) Reduce Your Social
Security Benefits? by Dennis Damp
A Greek Holiday – Exploring Greek Ports of Call by
Nancy Holston
Government Shutdown FACT SHEET By Dennis Damp
Hawaiian Sea Breezes and those Mai Tai’s! by Nancy
Holston
Unexpected
Health Care Costs by Dennis Damp
Health Care Open Season Changes and TRICARE by Dennis
Damp
2025 Health Care Premiums, Hold on to Your Hat! by
Dennis Damp
Health Care Premiums Rising – What Else is New! by
Dennis Damp
Health Plan Comparisons – The Good News by Dennis Damp
HearingTracker.com: An Innovative On-Line Approach to
Improve Hearing Health Care by Cynthia Compton-Conley
Wireless Hearing Aid Systems – How to Connect to Everything
(Almost) by Cynthia Compton-Conley
Retiree Identification Cards & Hearing is Believing
by Dennis Damp
How To Manage Your Own Hearing Health Care by Cynthia
Compton-Conley
Higher FEHB & Medicare Premiums on the Horizon for 2024
by Dennis Damp
Hiring A Financial Advisor – How and Why (Part 1) by
Dennis Damp
Hiring A Financial Advisor – Credentials and Fees (Part 2)
by Dennis Damp
How an Annuity & the TSP Are Divided in a Divorce by
Ann Ozuna
How Much is Enough for Retirement? by Dennis Damp
How Much Retirement Income Will You Really Need? by
Paul Risser
How to Avoid a Retirement Nightmare and Retiree Job
Opportunities by Dennis Damp
How to Find Essential Retirement & Benefit Information
by Dennis Damp
How to Hear Better in Movie Theaters and Other Public Areas
by Cynthia Compton-Conley
How to Increase Your Annuity & Updates by Dennis
Damp
How the National Debt Negatively Impacts Retirees & Updates
by Dennis Damp
How to Keep What You Worked a Life Time Accumulating
by Dennis Damp
Hunkered Down for the Duration – A Retiree’s Perspective by Dennis Damp
I and EE Savings Bonds – Safe, Simple, and Affordable
by Dennis Damp
I Bonds Yield 9.62% While the Sky is Falling!
I-Bonds Earning 7.12%! A Great Way to Save
I-Savings Bond’s New Rate 6.89% & Treasury Bill Yields Update by Dennis
Damp
The Continuing Story – Inflation Article Updates and
Commentary
Skyrocketing Inflation – Are You Prepared?
Inherited Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Account Guidance by
Dennis Damp
Inherited Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Account – Revisited
by Dennis Damp
Interest Rates Rising – Saving For A rainy Day – by
Dennis Damp
Interim Retirement Checks & Retirement Application
Processing Delays by Dennis Damp
Surviving on an Interim Annuity Payment by Dennis Damp
IRMAAs and the Open Season Connection – Proceed with
Caution
Is a
Timeshare right for you? by Nancy Holston
Is
America Prepared to Retire? by Paul Risser
Is it Time to Update Your Designated Beneficiary Forms? by
Dennis Damp
Is This Coming Your Way? and the National Debt Crisis
by Dennis Damp
It’s FEHB
Open Season Time! by Herbert Casey
It’s Time to
Get Real! by Dennis Damp
Retiree Job Opportunities – Federal Annuitants Have the
Advantage by Dennis Damp
Job Opportunities for Annuitants & Soon to Retire Employees by Dennis
Damp
Keeping Up to Keep Up – The Saga Continues by Dennis Damp
2022 Leave Chart & Schedule Tracker Now Available
2023 Leave Chart & Schedule Tracker Now Available by
Dennis Damp
Life after Retirement – What’s at the End of Your Rainbow?
by Dennis Damp
Life Goes On – Account Access Instructions by Dennis
Damp
Preparing For
Life & Retirement by Dennis Damp
A Life Insurance Check-Up: Understanding FEGLI Coverage –
Part 1 by Linda Sherman
A Life Insurance Check-up: Evaluating Your Insurance Needs
– Part 2 by Linda Sherman
Life’s Milestones – Retiree Perspective by Dennis Damp
Long Term Care Insurance – Is it worth the cost?
by Dennis Damp
Looking at the Numbers – The Second Time Around by
Dennis Damp
Consider Lower Cost FEHB Plans When Signing up for Medicare
FEGLI Open Season, Long Term Care, and Lifestyle Updates
by Dennis Damp
Long Term Care – The Other Shoe Drops! by Dennis Damp
Replacing
Lost or Stolen Documents by Dennis Damp
Constructive Feedback at Work and Home | LTC Update
by Dennis Damp
Consider Lower Cost FEHB Plans When Signing up for Medicare
by Dennis Damp
Making Retirement Savings Last by Paul Risser
Making Retirement Work For YOU
by Dennis Damp
Maui is Calling Me – Taking a Winter Break by Nancy
Holston
Updated Federal Retiree’s Master Contact List (2022) By
Dennis Damp
Maximize Retirement Income & TSP Changes by Dennis Damp
Medicare Advantage Plans (Heads Up for Upcoming Open
Season) by Dennis Damp
Medicare Advantage Plan Primer – What You Need to Know
by Dennis Damp
FEHB Medicare Advantage Plans – What You Need to Know
by Dennis Damp
A
Marriage of Convenience – Medicare & FEHB by Dennis
Damp
Medicare and FEHB Options – What Will You Do When You Turn
65? (Part 1) by Dennis Damp
2025
COLAs and the Medicare & You Handbook
Medicare Signup, Premiums, and RMD Withdrawals – It’s Time
bu Dennis Damp
What to Consider Before Enrolling in Medicare B (Part 2)
by Dennis Damp
Should You Change to a Lower Cost FEHB Plan When You Sign Up For
Medicare (Part 3) by Dennis Damp
2019
Medicare Part B Premiums by Dennis Damp
Medicare Premiums Skyrocket 2022 by Dennis Damp
How
to Defer Medicare Part B Enrollment by Dennis Damp
How
to Defer Medicare Part B Enrollment by Dennis Damp
What is Medicare’s IRMAA Premium Adjustment? by Dennis
Damp
Medicare Part B and FEHB Update (Feedback – Part 4)
by Dennis Damp
Medicare Enrollment – The Process & Options by
Dennis Damp
Military Credits, Health Care, Survivor Benefits, TSP, and
Updates by Dennis Damp
The Advantages of Making A Military Deposit by Linda
Sherman
Military Credits Increase Retirement Pay – Buying Back Time
by Dennis Damp
Changes, More Military Credits, & Retiree Jobs
by Dennis Damp
Social Security Statements, Medicare Sign-Up, COLAs, & the
2015 Pay Raise by Dennis Damp
Need a Break from the Cold? Travel Deals Abound in January!
by Nancy Holston
New and Bigger Isn’t Always Better by Dennis Damp
New England in
Autumn by Nancy Holston
New Medicare Advantage Options Available to Federal
Retirees by Dennis Damp
Notice of Annuity Adjustment and 1099 R Tax Form by
Dennis Damp
No Time Like the Present – Updates & Blue Book Availability
by Dennis Damp
On The
Bus to Great Health by Chuck Jumpeter
One, Two, Three – Its so Easy, Thoughts and Updates
by Dennis Damp
Open Season Health Plan Review & Changes 2020 by Dennis
Damp
Open Season Precautions – Fraud Alert by Dennis Damp
ALERT – OPM Services Online Access Changes by Dennis
Damp
OPM’s Retiree Online Services (Avoid These Problems) + Jobs
Update by Dennis Damp )
OPM’s Services Online – Instructional Videos Now Available
ALERT – OPM Services Online Access Changes by Dennis
Damp
Orlando Theme Park Resort Vacations by nancy Holston
Out-Of-Pocket (OOP) Costs – FEHB with Medicare by
Dennis Damp
3.1% GS 2020 Pay Raise – Pay Charts Now Available by
Dennis Damp
Patient advocates / The Why and Wherefore of patient
advocacy by Dennis Damp
Pension Survivor Alert – Don’t Let This Happen to You
by Paul Risser
Phased Retirements Introduction & Movies Then and Now by
Dennis Damp
Phased Retirement Update – Guidelines Released
by Dennis Damp
FEGLI Open Season, Phased Retirement, & Updates
by Dennis Damp
Plan Comparisons – Aetna MA to GEHA Standard and BCBS Basic
Planning a Vacation for the Entire Family by Nancy
Holston
Federal & Postal Employees Health Benefits Update by
Dennis Damp
Postal Service Health Benefit (PSHB) Providers Announced
Power to
the People – PLEASE! by Dennis Damp
Proposed Additional Withdrawal Options for TSP Participants
by Dr. Donna Day
Preparing for Retirement: Are you the Ant or the
Grasshopper? (Part 1) by Herbert Casey
Preparing for Retirement: Are you the Ant or the
Grasshopper? (Part 2) by Herbert Casey
Prescription Coverage Dilemma – FEHB Plans
Big Prescription Drug Benefit Changes in 2024 and Beyond
by Kevin Moss
Prescriptions Revisited (FEHB)
Preserving Your Assets (The TSP Rebalancing Act)
by Dennis Damp
The
End Game – Protecting Your Loved Ones by Dennis Damp
Projected Annuity Calculator / CSRS & FERS by Dennis
Damp
Projecting your Retirement Annuity & Survivor’s Benefit
by Dennis Damp
Protecting Your Most Valuable Retirement Asset – Your Home
by Dennis Damp
Protecting your Assets with Fixed Income Investments by
Dennis Damp
FEHB Adding Medicare Part B Requirement for (PSHB) Plans
FEHB Open Season Prep + Qualifying Life Events
by Dennis Damp
Qualifying Life Events, Don’t Lose Your Benefits
by Dennis Damp
Random Thoughts – From the Front Line by Dennis Damp
Ready for
Retirement? by Dr. Donna day
Ready – Set – Go! FEHB Open Season by Dennis Damp
It’s Time to Get
Real! by Dennis Damp
Reassessing Retirement Assumptions by Paul Risser
Reflections 2021 – The Cycle of Life by Dennis Damp
Reflections and a Fixed Income Update – June 2023 by
Dennis Damp
Returning to Work – Rehired Annuitants by Dennis Damp
Reporting Refunded TSP Distributions (RMDs)
Replacing Lost or Stolen Documents by Dennis Damp
Retiree Identification Cards & Hearing is Believing
by Dennis Damp
Retirement Planning Assistance – Finding Help (2023 Update)
Maximize Retirement Income & TSP Changes by Dennis V.
Damp
Retirement Processing Delays – Don’t Let This Happen to You
Retirement Questions Answered plus Clarifications
by Dennis Damp
Retire Mortgage FREE, Contact List, Caution – Use or Lose
Date Issue, and UPDATES! by Dennis Damp
Avoid Retirement Processing Delays (Update) by Dennis
Damp
Retiree Reflections Autumn 2016 by Dennis Damp
Retiree Reflections – 2021 Musings by Dennis Damp
Retiree Reflections & Jobs Update by Dennis Damp
Retiree Reflections – My 50th Reunion, An All Too Common
Story by Dennis damp
Retiree Reflections – the Way it Was Then and Why
by Dennis Damp
Retirees Under Attack for Doing the Right Thing – AGAIN!
by Dennis Damp
Retirement and the Technological Divide by Dennis Damp
Retirement Application & Benefit Forms – Don’t Make This
Mistake! by Dennis Damp
Request an Updated Retirement Benefits Booklet by
Dennis Damp
Retirement Benefits Update by Dennis Damp
Retirement Challenges & Planning Assistance by
Dennis Damp
Retirement Date Considerations, Timeline & TSP Update
by Dennis Damp
Retirement Essentials – Do You Have What it Takes!
by Dennis Damp
Retirement Fears – Togetherness! by Dennis Damp
Retirement Moves – Take These Steps Now! by Dennis Damp
Retirement Planning Assistance – Finding Help (2022 Update)
by Dennis Damp
The Ultimate Retirement Planning Guide – Start Now! by
Dennis Damp
Retirement Precautions, TSP Changes, Updates, and Retiree
Jobs by Dennis Damp
Retirement Seen Through Your Eyes by Paul Risser
Connect to OPM Retirement Services Online by Herbert
Casey
Returning to Work After retiring by Dennis Damp
RMDs, Annuity Statements and 1099Rs Are on Their Way by
Dennis Damp
Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) – Are You Ready?
by Dennis Damp
TSP Changes & Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs)
RMD
Precautions and Options by Paul Risser
Roth TSP Contributions…Are They Right For You?
by Dennis Damp
The Roth TSP
Option by Paul Risser
A Roth
IRA’s Many Benefits by Paul Risser
Tax Forms Availability and Annuity Statements 2024 by
Dennis Damp
Take a
Walk on the Wild Side by Nancy Holston
The Advantages of Making A Military Deposit by Linda Sherman
The Beat Goes On – La de da de de, la de da de da (Plus
Correction) by Dennis Damp
The Best Day
to Retire by Linda Sherman
The Current State of Affairs and Reflections 2022 by
Dennis Damp
The December CPI and Fixed Income Updates by Dennis
Damp
The Major Retirement Planning Mistakes by Paul Riser
The
Retirement Reality Check by Paul Risser
The Simplest Things in Life and Making the Right Decisions
by Dennis Damp
The State of YOUR Affairs – Exposing the Obvious by
Dennis Damp
There is No
Vaccine for Rioting by Dennis Damp
These Boots Are Made for Walking – That’s Just What I’ll
Do! by Dennis Damp
Then and Now Plus CD Rates on the Rise by Dennis Damp
Tighten Up! A Flash From the Past, Retirement Cost Analysis,
& Updates by Dennis Damp
Tips for
Traveling Abroad by Nancy Holston
This, That, and Other Things – Nothing but the Truth by Dennis Damp
Too Much too Soon & Cable TV Subscription Costs by
Dennis Damp
A
Transatlantic Cruise by Nancy Holston
Travel Insurance, Peace of Mind when you’re Away From Home
by Nancy Holston
Travel Safety Tips – Sea, Air or Land, Be Aware by
Nancy Holston
Treasury Bills & COLA Updates – Yields Rising Dramatically
by Dennis Damp
Treasury Direct Logon Help plus FEHB & Jobs Updates
by Dennis Damp
Health Care Open Season Changes and TRICARE by Dennis
Damp
Inherited Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Account –
Revisited by Dennis Damp
Inherited Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Account Guidance by
Dennis Damp
TSP
CARES ACT & Life Cycle Fund Changes by Dennis Damp
TSP Changes & Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs)
TSP Changes – The Mutual Fund Window & RMD Update by
Dennis Damp
Avoiding the TSP 10% Penalty and How to Collect a Deferred
Annuity by Dennis Damp
Reporting Refunded TSP Distributions (RMDs) by Dennis
Damp
TSP Investment Timing and The Retiree’s Dilemma by Dennis Damp
Avoiding the TSP 10% Penalty and How to Collect a Deferred Annuity
by Dennis Damp
TSP Investor Alert and the Equifax Data Breach
by Dennis Damp
TSP Investors – Changes Coming Your Way by Dennis Damp
TSP Life Annuities – What You Should Know by Herbert
Casey
TSP PANIC! The Sky is Falling… or Not. by Dennis Damp
Proposed Additional Withdrawal Options for TSP Participants
by Dr. Donna Day
The TSP Advantage (Should I Stay or Go) by Dennis Damp
TSP Conversions, I Bonds Revisited & Updates by
Dennis Damp
TSP to ROTH – Is a ROTH in YOUR Future? by Linda
Sherman
TSP – Risk Versus Reward (TSP Performance
Beats market in 2015) by Dennis Damp
TSP ROTH Conversions, Benefits, & Limitations by
Dennis Damp
TSP Roth
Conversion Update by Dennis Damp
TSP RMDs & Withdrawals Plus Site Navigation Tips 2024
by Dennis Damp
TSP – Safeguarding Your Heirs Inheritance – Inherited IRAs
(Part 2) by Dennis Damp
Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Changes – Secure Act 2.0 +
Updates
NEW TSP SITE UP AND RUNNING – Give it a try! by Dennis
Damp
TSP Site Access Update & the Mutual Fund Window by
Dennis Damp
NEW TSP SITE UP AND RUNNING – Give it a try! by Dennis
Damp
TSP Survivor Withdrawal Options – Update by Dennis Damp
CAUTION –
PREPARE FOR THE TSP TRANSISTION
TSP RMDs & Withdrawals Plus Site Navigation Tips 2024
by Dennis Damp
Alert –
New TSP Withdrawal Options by Dennis Damp
TSP
Withdrawal Options by Linda Sherman
Understanding FDIC Insurance Limits by David Scholl
Unexpected Health Care Costs by Dennis Damp
Unreasonable Expectations – The Debt Crisis by Dennis
Damp
Converting Unused Sick Leave (FERS & CSRS) by Dennis
Damp
Is a Vacation Home in Your Future? (A Personal Perspective)
Vacation Plans and Rising Gas Prices by Nancy Holston
Venice in the Fall, an Enchanting City by Nancy Holston
Veterans… Sign Up NOW to Shop at Military Exchanges!
by Dennis Damp
Veteran’s Identification Card – New and Expanded Veteran
Benefits by Dennis Damp
Visit Saint Augustine to Celebrate Their 450th Birthday
by Nancy Holston
Early Retirement Incentives – VERAs May be on the Way
by Dennis Damp
Is a Voluntary Early Retirement (VERA) in Your Future?
by Dennis Damp
Ways to Put A Refund to Work – What could that money do for you?
by Paul Risser
The 2019 Pay
Raise – Ways to Save by Dennis Damp
WEP, the 1940 Census, and Higher Yields by Dennis Damp
What Beneficiaries Need to Know and what do You do When an
Account Owner Passes by Paul Risser
What
Will You Do in Retirement? by Dennis Damp
What Your Survivors Should Know about your Federal Benefits
by Herbert Casey
When CDs Come Due Earn Higher Yields by Dennis Damp
Where Are You Now! Looking At The Numbers…. by Dennis Damp
Where You Were When! The Beginning of A Retirement Journey
by Dennis Damp
Why Financial
Planning? by Paul Risser
Wireless Hearing Aid Systems – How to Connect to Everything
(Almost) by Cynthia Compton-Conley
Is Working in Retirement A Necessity Today? by Dennis
Damp
Working in Retirement – The Advantages by DennisDamp
You
Can’t Hide In Fixed Income by Paul Riser
Your Annual Financial To-Do List by Paul Risser