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Ahead of the curve

Long before it was cool to be green, King County, Wash., Executive Ron Sims was interested in environmental issues.

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Benefits/Retirement

Thinking ahead 

By: By Kelly Davis and Leslie Nagel

In 2007, the IRS made the first major revisions to 403(b) regulations for tax- exempt organizations in more than four decades. The IRS revised the regulations...

Hidden fees 

By: By Robert Barkin

As in most retirement plans, Oakland County, Mich., employees pay fees to the investment companies that manage their retirement funds. And, those fees are listed in quarterly statements that Oakland County sends to its retirement plan participants. “We don't hide any fees from the participants,” says Doug Williams, the county's retirement administrator. ...

Campaigning for savings 

Monroe County, N.Y., officials are making sure retirement planning is a top priority for all employees, not just those nearing the end of their careers....

Adding retirement options 

By: Lindsay Isaacs

Phoenix began offering a supplemental retirement savings plan to employees last year to complement its long-standing 457 deferred compensation program....

Benefits of good health 

Pilot program boosts employee health and saves money for city....

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT/Retirement incentives help offset deficit 

By: Brook Raflo

Determined to avoid the myriad problems that accompany declining tax revenues, the Oakland County, Mich., Board of Commissioners this year implemented...

Retirement Planning: Who does what for whom? 

By: Willard Hill

The public sector's ability to recruit and retain top employee talent in a tight job market and the changing dynamic of retirement planning as a whole...

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