Total Compensation: A Practical Guide to Federal Employee Benefits

by Brian Kuhn

A handy practical guide to federal employee benefits for use by households looking to accomplish their personal finance and retirement goals. Each chapter also includes a section for private sector workers for comparison.

148 pages, Paperback

First published June 4, 2013

About the author

With 14 years in the financial planning field, Brian focuses his practice in the areas of retirement planning, investments, & insurance protection, with a special interest in assisting public sector employees. He is the author of "Total Compensation: A Practical Guide to Federal Employee Benefits", has contributed articles to www.MarylandBankingBlog.com, www.nerdwallet.com & www.Fedsmith.com. He has been quoted or appeared on financial planning news articles at www.Dailyfinance.com, www.thestreet.com & www.Foxbusiness.com, What’s Up Annapolis magazine, Taste of the Bay magazine, The Severna Park Voice, and on Michael Hodes’ Estate & Chris Hensley’s Retirement Planning radio shows. In November his division PSG Clarity & he will be featured on WMAR’s Maryland Business Spotlight program. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) Brian currently serves as a board member for the Baltimore chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals, is member of the Maryland Financial Planning Association & participates on their communications committee, & is on the marketing committee of the West County Chamber of Commerce. Through the FPA’s speaker’s bureau he spoke in 2014 on federal employee benefits to the organization’s members & also at the Library of Congress for federal employees. Recently he also participated in the Maryland FPA’s Money Power Day in Baltimore MD by offering pro bono one on one planning sessions. His profile as a financial planner is featured at www.wiseradvisor.com, the CFP board’s www.letsmakeaplan.org site, www.nerdwallet.com, & www.Brightscope.com. He has been interviewed as a featured author at Businessinfoguide.com. Brian graduated from Towson University with a B.S. in Business Administration and a minor in English. He lives with his wife Merin & their daughters, Charlotte & Caroline in Odenton, MD. Securities offered through Triad Advisors, Member FINRA / SIPC. Advisory Servicesered through Planning Solutions Group, LLC. Planning Solutions Group, LLC is not affiliated with Triad Advisors. PSG Clarity is a division of PSG, LLC.