SAVE Award 2011 Ideas

In order to make the TSP more attractive and competitive with “like” institutional investment entities (i.e. TIAA CREF, Vanguard) I believe several indexed fund options should be added. These options would provide the opportunity for a more balanced portfolio. Once in place, their management would not adversely impact TSP operating cost. Here are the funds:

- T-Fund: Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS)... more »

For Medicare only applications, we must send a close out notice to the applicant reminding them that they only filed for Medicare and not Retirement benefits. We could eliminate these additional close out letters by adding the closeout language to the remarks section of the appication instead of sending a seperate close out letter.