Deployment of Benefit eSeminars

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Deployment of BenefiteSeminars

• Civilian Operations Branch

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Overview

• Background
• Solution
• Change management
• Benefits
• Employee points of contact
• How to access eSeminars
• Navigating through eSeminars
• Take Away

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Background

• Thrift Savings Plan Open Elections Act of 2004
  (PL 108-469)
• OPM required to develop and implement a
  retirement financial literacy and education
  strategy for Federal employees
• Agencies responsible for developing a plan and
  strategy to education their employees
• Civilian Personnel Flights/Elements nor AFPC have
  the staff, nor resources, to conduct financial
  literacy education and training

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Background

• Valid need for financial and pre-retirement
  education
• 28,423 (27) FERS employees are not contributing
  or contributing less than 5 to TSP
• 247 TSP in-service hardship withdrawals each
  month
• 47,410 (35) AF employees potentially eligible
  for retirement

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Solution

• On-line Benefit eSeminars
• Additional module in existing Employee Benefits
  Information System (EBIS) web application
• Pre-Retirement eSeminar
• Financial Literacy eSeminar
• New Employee Benefits Orientation eSeminars

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Solution

• Benefits
• Meets regulatory requirements
• Available to 134,215 AF serviced civilian
  employees
• Supports A1s Personnel Services Delivery (PSD)
  goal of more efficient and effective delivery of
  services to employees
• COTS product vendor responsible for updating
  information
• Reduces CPF workload
• One stop shopping for employees
• Win-Win for all!

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Change Management

• Go live 12 Sep 08
• CPF/CPE/MAJCOM e-mails
• MAJCOM/CPF/CPE Webcast
• CPF/CPE marketing package
• BEST Benefits Bulletin
• FSS/MSS Executive Summary/Slide
• PA article
• DPS Webcast

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Contacts

• Employee contacts
• Access EBIS and review eSeminars
• Refer to AFPCs Ask Website for information on
  eSeminars (http//ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/BEST/?p
  rods3272)
• For follow-on benefit questions, contact the Air
  Force Contact Center with further questions
  (1-800-525-0102, Press 2, Press 2)
• Exception Large Civilian Centers respond to
  retirement-related questions
• For technical questions/problems, contact AFPC
  PSOCC Help Desk (1-800-525-0102, Press 8, Press 2)

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How to Access eSeminars

• Benefit eSeminars are accessible via EBIS
• Two ways to access EBIS
• Air Force Portal (https//www.my.af.mil)
• AFPC secure link (https//w20.afpc.randolph.af.mil
  /AFPCSecurenet20)
• Instructions for access EBIS are located on the
  AFPCs Ask website
• (http//ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/main_content.asp?
  prods144prods2264prods3272prods41345)

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Navigating Through eSeminars
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Take Away

• Financial literacy is a career-long endeavor
• Benefit eSeminars is a wonderful self-help tool
  reaching 100 of our Air Force serviced employees
• Better educated employees on managing their
  careers and planning for their retirement
• Air Force Contact Center and PSOCC respond to
  employee questions
• CPF/CPE/LCC provide self-service front line
  support
• Civilian PSD web link http//ask.afpc.randolph.a
  f.mil/CivPSD/default.asp

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