Voices

August 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - We got a lot of interest - and more than a few recollections - from readers about the story on exaggerated resumes.

August 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - The good news is, if responses to PLANSPONSOR's (b)lines Compliance Survey are any indication, most 403(b) plan sponsors are on track to...

August 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - In the wake of the 403(b) regulations under the Internal Revenue Code, tax-exempt entities are asking whether they should forget the 403(b)...

Like most of you, I have found the soaring price of gasoline to be enormously frustrating.

July 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week, the Department of Labor published its much-anticipated proposed participant fee disclosure regulations.

Last week, the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) released its much-anticipated proposal regarding participant fee disclosures.

July 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last week's survey on summer reading spurred a number of readers to ask about those famous summer blockbusters.

By some accounts, I just spent the past week in "retirement"—driving around sightseeing, reading some good books, and yes—even sitting on a beach.

July 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tis the season where longer days, warmer weather, vacations (yours or that of the folks you work with), and television shows that are...

July 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - You are a public school or a 501(c)(3) employer who is approaching the January 1, 2009, deadline for complying with the Internal...

July 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR (b)lines) - A plan adviser asks: "Will the 403(b) rule changes begin January 1, 2009, for sponsors who have a plan year end other...

July 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR ((b)lines) - Moscow citizens are Mosquitoes? Janitors are a main cause of dust?

July 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the temperatures rise, people's notions of "acceptable" workplace attire do tend to fluctuate.

Over the past several years, it has become "fashionable" in some quarters to bash the workplace retirement savings plan; most frequently, the 401(k).

This coming Friday, the nation will, in large part, set aside its normal business for a three-day weekend filled with cookouts and fireworks displays, as we commemorate the...

July 1, 2008 ((b)lines) - First, the new 403(b) regulations. Now, expect to see the IRS at your door with a stepped up audit program to ensure compliance.

July 1, 2008 ((b)lines) - A plan administrator states: "We administer a 403(b)(9) plan for our national church body, and we currently have about 2,500 churches and schools...

June 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Next week the nation will celebrate its birthday on the Fourth of July (the one federal holiday that really can't be moved to...

Having just spent most of the past week in Chicago at our annual Plan Designs conference (bigger and better than ever, I might add!), my head is still...

June 17, 2008 ((b)lines) - A 403(b) plan adviser asks: "If a small 501(c)(3) organization serves as a conduit for its employees to contribute to a 403(b), is...