<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>I was at InformationWeek 1994 - 1996 when it was still, I think, CMP Publications, Inc. I'm not sure why this form states 1998 as "year reported". Perhaps it took that long to report this to Social Security? </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 1:55 PM Evan Schuman via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-8720564775249107246WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Also curious: If I recall correctly, CMP Publications didn’t exist in ’98. It would have been CMP Media by then.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">_______</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Evan Schuman</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="mailto:eschuman@thecontentfirm.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">eschuman@thecontentfirm.com</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="tel:973-993-8098" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">973-993-8098</span></a> (voice)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Computerworld weekly columnist (Column archive: <a href="http://www.thecontentfirm.com/weekly-column-on-computerworld" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.thecontentfirm.com/weekly-column-on-computerworld</span></a>)</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Moderator for MIT Sloan Management Review events<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Google Search: <a href="http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Evan+Schuman" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Evan+Schuman#</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="https://twitter.com/eschuman" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://twitter.com/eschuman</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/schumanevan/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.linkedin.com/in/schumanevan/</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Member, Internet Press Guild: <a href="http://netpress.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://netpress.org/</span></a></span></i><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Needle via Ipg-smz<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 22, 2019 4:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a><br><b>Cc:</b> David Needle <<a href="mailto:davidneedle@gmail.com" target="_blank">davidneedle@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Ipg-smz] Two lumps of "retirement" coal in my holiday stocking<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>I recently applied for social security - yeah, I'm that old. Sigh. But not retiring. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, I just received two letters from the Social Security Administration headed <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Potential Private Retirement Benefit Information. </b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Each one begins: <i>"We are writing to tell you that you, or the worker whose Social Security number appears at the top of this form, MAY be entitled to some retirement benefits from a private employer .</i><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Long story short, one letter says there is a "value" of $18,376 in a retirement account connected to CMP Publications reported in 1998 and the other lists $34,687 from Computer Currents Publishing reported in 1996. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Both of those companies are long gone so I assume this is just some unresolved accounting by Social Security. While I don't remember these exacty figures, I did have a 401K at both companies so I assume that is what is this is in reference to and the money isn't actually owed to me or even exists anywhere as I would have rolled it over long ago. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Oh well, got excited there for a minute. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div>-- <br>
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