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Issue	Articles
Summer 2009	Pension Funding & the 2010/11 MMO Obligation Report Extended Coverage for Dependents Mini Cobra Asset Smoothing...Is It Right for Funding Your Pension Plans? DROP Update
Summer 2008	IRS Renews Interest in Government Pension Plans...Sponsors Governmental Plans Roundtable - April 22, 2008 Commonwealth Court Allows Stocks and Bonds to Be Used to Fund OPEB, But... New HEART Act Provides Enhanced Benefits to Military Service Personnel Poll Finds that Medical Costs will Increase Worldwide Over the Next Five Years
March 2007	GASB's Accounting Standards for OPEB Benefits: GASB 43 and GASB 45
Fall 2006	Pension Protection Act's Impact on Govenment Employers and Employees? An overview of an employee contribution "pick up" Notes to Financial Statements Changes GAS 45 Reminder Reminders/Deadlines for 2006 and Early 2007
Winter 2006	Is My Plan a "Qualified" Plan? Mistakes on the Form AG-385 Can be costly MBG's Disaster Recovery Plan Protected Client Data During Water Line Main Break Last Summer
Summer 2005	The Guiding Principles: The D's of Pension Plan Administration Lower Paxton Client Profile
Winter 2005	Newly Issued Accounting Standards for Postemployment Benefits other than Pensions Retiree Medical Liabilities may soon hit your financial statments like a "Ton of Bricks"
Summer 2004 - Special Update	Pension Legislation May Provide Financial Relief to Local Governments
Spring 2004	Social Security Reform Bill Oil City - Client Profile What's All the Hubbub About DROP's? Health Savings Accounts
Early Winter 2002	MEIT...Your Solution to the Act 30 Killed-in-Service Death Benefit Potential Pension Plan Liability Issue Website Update
Late Summer 2002	2 More Pension Bills - Act 64 and 65 Upper St. Clair - Client Profile Pension Bonds - the Risk Factor
Spring 2002	Governor signs SB16 AG provides update on excess benefits PERC releases report on DROP plans
Spring 2002 - Special Update	Major changes to Act 600 Summary of Act 30
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