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How to ‘DB-ize’ Your Supplemental DC Retirement Plan
This Government Finance Review article from Paula Sanford, public service associate, Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia, and Center Vice President for Research Joshua Franzel highlights steps governments should consider as the role of the supplemental defined contribution plans they offer to their employees continues to expand. (4/13)
- Health Care
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Spotlight on Retiree Health Care Benefits for State Employees in 2013
An overview of the health benefits states provide for their retired employees and how they pay for them. (6/13)
- Workforce
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State and Local Government Workforce: 2013 Trends
This annual survey conducted by the Center and the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR) finds that as local and state government workers head for the exits, human resource managers say their top concern is staff development. (5/13)
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Comparing Compensation: State-Local Versus Private Sector Workers
An examination of whether benefits close the wage gap between public and private sector workers. The analysis found that the compensation of state-local and private sector workers is similar. (9/15/11)
News
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Survey: Governments rely less on hiring freezes and pay cuts
The Sacramento Bee’s State Worker blog covers the Center’s new workforce survey. (5/16/13)
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State, local governments step up pension plan changes
Forty-four percent of state and local governments made pension plan changes over a 12-month period, up from 37% in the previous 12 months, according to an annual survey released Wednesday by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence. (5/15/13)
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Public pensions on the mend?
From the Bankrate.com Retirement Blog: The fiscal stability of state and local government pensions has been the source of much retirement planning consternation, but the recent Future of Retirement summit, sponsored by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence, was upbeat about the issue. (4/29/13)
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Retiree Health-Care Benefits: The Next Shoe to Drop?
Center Vice President of Research Joshua Franzel tells Governing that because it’s easier for governments to change or eliminate retiree health care benefits, governments are shifting more costs to retirees. (4/22/13)
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Will pension reform chase away talent?
MarketWatch covers the Center’s Future of Retirement Summit. (4/19/13)
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Center Summit Debates Widespread Changes to Retirement Plans
Nationally recognized experts and practitioners gathered in Washington, DC, at the Future of Retirement Summit to examine how demographic, workforce, legal, financial, policy, and political challenges are changing local and state government retirement strategies. (4/24/13)
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Has Pension Reform Gone Too Far?
Governing covers the Center’s Future of Retirement Summit (4/19/13)
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2013 Outlook: States May Offer DC Plans for Some Employee Groups
Although there has been no general trend toward shifting employees to a defined contribution plan as the primary retirement benefit, some states are beginning to look at defined contribution plans as a primary offering for certain employee groups. (4/12/13)
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Center and National Associations Issue Pension Funding Guide
A new guide from the Center, the “Big 7″ state and local government associations, and the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) provides key facts about public pension plans and a brief overview of the issues that state and local officials should address.
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Public Pension System Reforms: Outlook for 2013
In 2009, in the wake of the economic downturn, states increased their efforts to address the sustainability of their public pension systems. Since then, nearly every state legislature has passed reforms to various elements of their public pension systems, with most reducing benefits and/or requiring greater employee contributions. The coming year should see significant activity in several states as well. (2/28/13)