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  • Public Employee Stories: September 13, 2022

    Public employees across the nation give back to their communities in extraordinary ways every single day. From donating to food banks to helping neighbors and protecting their communities, public employees have always been there when their community needs them the…

  • Did You Know Nfl Players Earn A Pension? (Repost)

    In honor of the NFL season officially starting tomorrow, NPPC is re-sharing this blog originally posted on February 8, 2016, and written by Tyler Bond. Last night the Denver Broncos won Super Bowl 50. For Denver’s starting quarterback Peyton Manning,…

  • A Workingmen’s Holiday (Repost)

    To commemorate Labor Day, we are sharing a blog post from September 2017.  Labor Day: the unofficial end of summer. The last hurrah of vacations, barbecues, and pools close for the season. But the holiday is more than just a…

  • Public Employee Stories: August 30, 2022

    Public employees across the nation give back to their communities in extraordinary ways every single day. From donating to food banks to helping neighbors and protecting their communities, public employees have always been there when their community needs them the…

  • Three Reasons Why It’s Difficult To Save For Retirement (Updated)

    Retirement is one of the most costly expenses some Americans will face in a lifetime. However, it is also an expense that few Americans are prepared for. Today, NPPC would like to reshare a blog on how saving for retirement…

  • Teachers Need Pensions
    teacher pensions

    August not only means back-to-school time for children across America but also for the essential employees that make our public school systems run. Faculty and staff are invaluable to our education system, and in the complicated aftermath of Covid-19, schools…

  • Public Employee Stories: August 16, 2022

    Public employees across the nation give back to their communities in extraordinary ways every single day. From donating to food banks to helping neighbors and protecting their communities, public employees have always been there when their community needs them the…

  • New Report on Measuring Pension Health
    public pension plans

    Recently, the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) released “Measuring Public Pension Health: New Metrics and New Approaches” to provide a more comprehensive set of metrics for measuring a public pension system’s fiduciary soundness.The Pension Accounting Working Group,…

  • Public Employee Stories: August 2, 2022

    Public employees across the nation give back to their communities in extraordinary ways every single day. From donating to food banks to helping neighbors and protecting their communities, public employees have always been there when their community needs them the…

  • Understanding Unfunded Liability (Repost)
    public pensions

    Recently, there has been an uptick in news articles about unfunded pension liabilities in an effort to make pensions seem like a less sustainable retirement security option. Today, NPPC would like to remind everyone why unfunded liabilities are nothing to…

  • Public Pensions Support Rural Communities

    According to the United States Census Bureau, at least one in five Americans–that’s over 60 million people–live in rural America. Defined as “sparsely populated with low housing density, and far from urban centers,” rural areas span 97% of the country’s…