Mondays at 10:00 AMPopular and passionate presenters from the National Institute of Transition Planning, the Federal leader in retirement planning seminars, will take your calls and emails every Monday.
You've got questions and we've got the answers. Every week we will focus on a specific area of retirement planning from financial security, taxes, federal benefits, estate planning, to life after retirement and the latest rumors!
Email your questions to ForYourBenefit@nitpinc.com Emails will be answered during an upcoming show
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Learn where you should be living after you've stopped working.
Learn the answers to the most-asked financial questions heard at NITP seminars.
Feb. 1, 2010
Tom O'Rourke, Attorney-at-Law, Principal at the firm Miles & Stockbridge in Rockville, Md., talks with hosts Bob Leins and John Elliott.
Jan. 25, 2010
Learn about what you should be doing during the new year by listening to guest Joe Sullender, CFP, Vice-President/Investments, WellsFargo Advisors.
Jan. 18, 2010
Listen as host Bob Leins welcomes Certified Financial Planner Ed Zurndorfer.
Jan. 11, 2010
Hosts Bob Leins and Ann Vincent welcome. Susan Samakow, PCC, CPCC, to the show. She discusses a variety of issues concerning retirement.
Jan. 4, 2010
Hosts Bob Leins and Tammy Flanagan take Social Security to the next level and answer complex questions federal employees are asking.
Encore Presentation
Originally aired July 27, 2009
Join Bob Leins and Tammy Flanagan as they discuss Roth opportunities in 2010. But wait - there is more! They will also cover the Voluntary Contributions Plan for CSRS employees and answer recent email questions.
Dec. 21, 2009
Hosts Bob Leins and John Elliott talk with Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey during their year-in-review show.
Dec. 14, 2009
Al Schubert, Division Vice President of Managed Care & Health Policy, appears on the show.
Dec. 7, 2009
Walt Wilson and Pam Cummings of SAMBA talk with hosts Tammy Flanagan and John Elliott about your options.
Nov. 30, 2009
Colleen Murphy, President and CEO of Asparity Decision Solutions, talks about health plan selection tools.
Nov. 23, 2009
Tom Bernatavitz, head of Aetna's Federal Plans, talks about open season options
Nov. 16, 2009
Nov. 9, 2009 at 10:05a
Please join hosts Bob Leins and John Elliott in welcoming Walton Francis, editor of the "Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees"
Nov. 2, 2009 at 10:05a
Please join hosts Bob Leins and John Elliott in welcoming Jeff Goldman, Executive Director, Government Programs, and John Patrick, Director, Sales and Account Management for FEHB, Kaiser Permanente.
About the Hosts:
Charles R. Leins
NITP Tax Planning
National Institute of Transition Planning, Inc.
Charles R. (Bob) Leins is the founder and President of NITP, Inc., Rockville, Maryland. NITP has been in business since 1984 and provides retirement and benefit planning seminars exclusively to the Federal Government. NITP has grown to be the largest company of its type in the United States. Bob is a key speaker at the retirement planning seminars and also appears on local TV and radio programs including NITP's own radio show "For Your Benefit." His topics include tax and financial planning at the beginning, mid-career, and retirement career stages. These seminars are presented to the entire spectrum of the Federal workforce.
Bob's presentations are delivered to inform first, then to challenge the class to apply the information to their personal situation, and finally to plan how to maximize the opportunities.
As a Certified Public Accountant and founding partner of Gold, Leins & Adoff, CPA's in Rockville, Maryland, Bob specializes in taxation and business planning at the individual and small-business levels. In addition to his position with NITP, he provides seminars to industry trade groups, professional groups, social groups, and is a member of several Board of Directors.
Senior Benefits Director
National Institute of Transition Planning, Inc.
Tammy Flanagan has a long history in the area of Federal benefits. She began her government career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1980 - 1988). She served in various positions including Position Classification Specialist and Retirement Counselor. She began to provide training for Federal employees during the implementation of the Federal Employees Retirement System in 1987. Ms. Flanagan felt drawn to the Federal audience and decided to pursue lecturing and training as a career.
Ms. Flanagan introduced specialized retirement training for law enforcement groups for the former Office of Personnel Management training office and also created a specialized course geared to the concerns of Senior Government Executives. She lectures and consults with Federal employees in all aspects of employee benefits, specializing in the concerns of pre-retirement planning, mid-career planning, and new employee training. Her presentations are tailored to meet the needs of her audiences and she prides herself on being a fountain of retirement information! Her lectures are complemented with a 150-page Federal Benefits Workbook that she designed and authored to serve as a lecture guide and resource.
Ms. Flanagan's presentations provide thorough and up-to-date coverage of the Federal retirement systems, Federal insurance programs, Thrift Savings Plan and Social Security.
You may see her at an NITP seminar in the Washington metro area and across the United States. Tammy provided assistance during the FERS Open Season periods by producing instructional videos, live training, satellite training and individual counseling. She has also appeared on "NARFE Presents" television show. She authored and presented federalnewsradio.com's popular For Your Benefit radio column. She has been quoted in the Federal Diary in the Washington Post and numerous Federal employee publications, including the Federal Times and Government Executive Magazine.
John Elliott
Federal Benefits Strategist
John Elliott has a distinguished career in the area of Federal benefits. Before retiring from the Federal government in 2002, John managed agency-wide benefit programs for various federal agencies including DEA, U.S. Customs, USDA and OPM. While with the government, he served in a variety of capacities including Employee Benefits Division Chief, Benefits Officer, Chief of the Advisory Services Office and Retirement Policy Analyst. John is a Federal Benefits Strategist for NITP and conducts seminars nationwide on CSRS and FERS retirement benefits and is a frequent Co-host of NITP's radio show, ForYourBenefit. In 1994 to 2000, John was an occasional guest columnist, writing on federal benefits issues, for Mike Causey's Federal Diary column in The Washington Post.
Alabama senator releases holds on Obama nominees
February 9, 2010 - 8:28am
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama will stop blocking Senate confirmation of about 70 government appointees nominated by President Barack Obama, his office said.
Shelby had placed "holds" on most of Obama's nominees, delaying the Senate from acting on them, in a dispute over federal spending involving his state.
"The purpose of placing numerous holds was to get the White House's attention on two issues that are critical to our national security _ the Air Force's aerial refueling tanker acquisition and the FBI's Terrorist Device Analytical Center," Shelby spokesman Jonathan Graffeo said in a statement Monday night.
Shelby wants the tanker and the new FBI explosives center to be built in Alabama. Senators frequently block individual appointments, but Shelby's blanket hold was unusual.
Now that he has gotten Obama's attention, Graffeo said, "Sen. Shelby has decided to release his holds on all but a few nominees directly related to the Air Force tanker acquisition."
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday, "If you needed one example of what's wrong with this town, it might be that one senator can hold up 70 qualified individuals to make government better because he didn't get his earmarks."
Graffeo denied that Shelby's demands revolved around earmarks. Regarding the Air Force tankers, the spokesman said Shelby "is seeking to ensure an open, fair and transparent competition that delivers the best equipment to our men and women in uniform."
Graffeo said the explosives center would help the FBI deal with a 20-year backlog in "forensic evidence that could help us identify and hunt down terrorists."
"Sen. Shelby is fully justified in his concern that the Obama administration is seeking to rescind funds already appropriated for this vital national security purpose," Graffeo said.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said last week that Shelby's move was holding up about 70 appointments, including a critical top Defense Department position overseeing deployments to the war in Afghanistan.
A senior member of the Appropriations Committee, Shelby has built his career on steering spending earmarks to Alabama.
Shelby can't single-handedly defeat Obama's nominations. But by forcing time-consuming votes on each one, he can delay them indefinitely.
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