I admit it. I'm a week or so early for the Vernal Equinox. This year it falls on March 20th, marking the first day of spring. With spring comes the inevitable urge to clean. Clean the attic, clean the garage, clean the yard, clean whatever stands in the way between the gray ruin of the winter past and the bright sunny joy of the coming summer. What applies to household just as fairly applies to our workplace. And within our workplace resides our most favorite of things: the 401k plan.

If you're looking for a quick compendium of the how's and whys of giving your 401k a spring cleaning, then turn to "These 7 Articles Help 401k Plan Sponsors Apply Fiduciary Principles to Build a 21st Century Plan," (FiduciaryNews.com, March 11, 2014). This compendium of articles reads like a virtual ebook and lays out all the basics for updating your 401(k) plan.

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Christopher Carosa

Chris Carosa has been writing a weekly article and monthly column for BenefitsPRO online and BenefitsPRO Magazine since 2011 and is a nationally recognized award-winning writer, researcher and speaker. He’s written seven books, including From Cradle to Retire: The Child IRA; Hey! What’s My Number? – How to Increase the Odds You Will Retire in Comfort; A Pizza The Action: Everything I Ever Learned About Business I Learned By Working in a Pizza Stand at the Erie County Fair; and the widely acclaimed 401(k) Fiduciary Solutions. Carosa is also Chief Contributing Editor of the authoritative trade journal FiduciaryNews.com and publisher of the Mendon-Honeoye Falls-Lima Sentinel, a weekly community newspaper he founded in 1989. Currently serving as President of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and with more than 1,000 articles published in various publications, he appears regularly in the national media. A “parallel” entrepreneur, he actively runs a handful of businesses, including a small boutique investment adviser, providing hands-on experience for his writing. A trained astrophysicist, he also holds an MBA and has been designated a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor. Share your thoughts and story ideas with him through Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christophercarosa/)and Twitter (https://twitter.com/ChrisCarosa).