Federal Report
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If you're a federal, postal, or military retiree, or you receive Social Security, it looks like you may be getting a modest cost-of-living adjustment starting in your January check.
August 14, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains why D.C. gets such a bad rap. Hint: It has nothing to do with Metro riders demanding you stand to the right on escalators.
August 11, 2017 -
If the office creep is the boss, what can you do? While there isn't a vaccine to cure the problem, Mike Causey says there are ways to make things better.
August 10, 2017 -
If the Thrift Savings Plan is so good, why do roughly half of all investors take their money out of the TSP when they retire?
August 09, 2017 -
Federal retirees beware: What if your grandson calls and says he's in jail on a DUI and needs you to wire the court $2,800 ASAP? Most people would probably get the cash, then find a place they could wire it, only to learn it's a scam.
August 08, 2017 -
Why do so many federal employees move out of TSP when they retire from the government? What should you do? Find out when benefits expert John Grobe joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. August 9, 2017
August 07, 2017 -
Federal unions were delighted last week when George Nesterczuk withdrew his nomination to be director of the Office of Personnel Management.
August 07, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says sequestration is the ultimate boogeyman under the bed in this federally oriented town, where furloughs and government shutdowns can and do happen.
August 04, 2017 -
Roughly one in three federal workers is eligible to retire today, but many are waiting for their agencies to offer buyouts, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
August 03, 2017 -
Federal workers and retirees have billions of dollars invested in the stock market as part of the Thrift Savings Plan, the government's in-house 401(k) plan, which is the world's biggest.
August 02, 2017 -
This week on “Your Turn," financial planner Arthur Stein tells feds and retirees what, if anything, they should be doing now with their Thrift Savings Plan accounts. August 2, 2017
August 01, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks, could politicians out to gut the federal retirement program be damaging their hopes of higher office?
August 01, 2017 -
What's the difference between a duck during hunting season and a federal worker in any season? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the difference is that the duck doesn't know what dangers he faces, while most federal workers know all too well.
July 31, 2017 -
What do you do with a federal numbers-cruncher whose projections don't match your expectations? House members have dusted off an 1870s rule that lets them can feds at will starting at the Congressional Budget Office.
July 28, 2017 -
The Greatest Generation, the people who survived the Depression and World War II, is fast disappearing. This month marks the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. campaign to recapture Guam, a vital step to victory in the Pacific, and we've got the story of one young Marine forever changed by it.
July 27, 2017