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About GRB Assist
As the cornerstone of federal benefits calculators, GRB Assist™ provides the capabilities
for accurately computing various complex estimates needed in assisting employees
with their retirement decisions. GRB Assist™ increases productivity and lowers cost
by providing the framework for organizing and managing a high volume case load.
Functionality
- Deployment
- Centralized Installation
- Agency Hosted or GRB Hosted
- Oracle or SQL-Server Database
- Automated Data Imports
- Integrated Forms Package
- User Interface
- Employee Profile Centric
- Build Service History
- Automatic Service Analysis
- Automatic Determination of Creditable vs. Non-Creditable Service
- Full and Part-Time Retirement Annuity Estimates
- Optional
- Involuntary/Early
- Deferred
- Disability
- Survivor Benefits
- Special Groups (LEO, Firefighters, and Air Traffic Controllers)
- Other Retirement Computations
- Deposits/Redeposits
- FERS Annuity Supplement
- Post-1956 Military Service Deposits
- Part-Time Service Proration Factors
- Alternative Form of Annuity
- Retirement Coverage Determination
- FERCCA Determination
- FERCCA Benefits Comparison (coming soon)
- Severance Pay
- Lump-Sum Annual Leave Payment
- Service Computation Dates
- Leave/RIF SCD
- TSP SCD
- Retirement SCD
- Social Security Estimates
- Old-Age Benefits
- Amount of CSRS Offset
- Windfall Elimination Penalty (WEP)
- Average Salary Computations
- High-3 Salary
- Breaks in Service
- Less Than 3-Year Period
- Part-Time Employment
- Reemployed Annuitants
- Excess LWOP
- TSP Tools
- Single/Joint Life Annuities
- Installment Payments
- Loan Calculator
Quality Reports
GRB Assist™ creates professional retirement estimate reports, service computation
date reports, average salary reports, deposit/redeposit reports, and many more.
Reports displayed on screen look identical when they are printed on paper. The reports
add generous amounts of room for comments by the personnelist. Reports can be printed
to any print ready device such as local printers, network printers, and even fax
machines. GRB Assist™ allows reports to be saved as PDF files. Once saved, these
files can easily be attached or embedded in email messages.
Meticulous Help
Personnelists will find that help is only a click away! GRB Assist™ supplies a comprehensive
help menu. The help menu provides explanations of all the tools and functions
of GRB Assist™.
Free Support
GRB wants to ensure your success, so that’s why we include support with GRB Assist™
at no extra charge.
Free Training
To help you utilize all the capabilities of GRB Assist™, we have developed a new
user training program. Training is routinely available at selected locations and
dates posted on our website. New user training is available free of charge.
Two Hosting Models
GRB Assist is Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and delivered on a subscription basis.
Total pricing is based on quantity
and types of users as well as hosting model selected. The two hosting models
are GRB Hosted and Agency Hosted.
GRB Hosted Requirements - The only requirements for customers under this hosting
model is the use of Internet Explorer 6 or greater and Adobe Acrobat. All Hardware/Software/Bandwidth
and IT administration is provided by GRB.
Agency Hosted Requirements - Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 running IIS 5.0, 6.0,
7.0 or greater is required. Backend database is required to be Oracle 9i or greater
or SqlServer 2005 or greater. All administration is provided by the customer.
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