Letters to the Editor • March 25, 2024
The National Institute on Retirement Security submitted a response to a column published in The Wall Street Journal on February 28, 2024 regarding the Alaska legislature’s proposed plan to create a defined-benefit retirement system for state employees. NIRS Executive Director Dan Doonan writes that the initial column “ignores the success other states have had managing […]
In the News • August 29, 2023
In a new Forbes column, NIRS Executive Director Dan Doonan writes about the impact of North Dakota’s decision to close their main public employee pension plan due to underfunding. While legislators may see closing the plan as a quick fix, examples from other states such as Alaska and Michigan show that the consequences of this […]
In the News • August 14, 2023
In a new Forbes column, NIRS Executive Director Dan Doonan writes about a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, Older Workers: Retirement Account Disparities Have Increased by Income and Persisted by Race Over Time. The analysis finds that many Americans are losing ground when it comes to building retirement savings, despite policy efforts to improve workers’ savings. […]