It’s now been over three years since the first workers started saving through state-sponsored retirement plans, and because states took an open approach and provided access for researchers to do their important work, we’ve seen a steady stream of extremely interesting findings and reports come out to help answer some of the biggest questions in the retirement policy world.

It's the 4th of July 🎆 here in the US and a snappy week around the office. We got good stuff for you, read now or read on holiday!

• The inimitable Joel Metlen Gets Creative with Stakeholder Engagement

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Joel Metlen is a pioneer of the state facilitated retirement savings space, joining OregonSaves in September of 2016. Stepping into a very entrepreneurial space within the Treasurer’s office, Joel helped establish the program’s marketing plan and direction, shaped its outreach and engagement approach, and worked tirelessly in the early days to ensure the program would get off the ground in good shape with both employers and employees. We talk with Joel here about best practices around outreach and engagement.