Monthly Archives: November 2016

As Thanksgiving of 2016 approaches, I encourage everyone to try and be more thankful throughout the year. Let’s try to be more grateful every day — even for the little things. I hope you enjoy my video! From my family to yours… Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! all the best… Mark

Last week I spent 2 days in Chicago both interviewing potential Federal benefit consultant firms and getting in-depth training about Federal Employee retirement benefits. Federal employees include all agencies and departments (CDC, DOD, ATF, FBI, CIA, IRS, SSA, DHS, the Military, Postal Service and so on).  Federal employee’s pension, retirement and health benefits can be very complicated based on whether they are considered military, CSRS (hired before 1984), FERS employees (or any combination) or have special programs like the postal service, air traffic controllers, federal law enforcement and firefighters). This is especially so … Continue reading