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Looking for the perfect holiday gift for your BFATO? (That stands for Best Friend At The Office, and is pronounced Bee-Fat-Oh). Get him or her one of those prepper kits. You know, packages containing a week, month or year's supply of delicious all-you-add-is-water meals. Something to get someone through hard times if you are a fed, like enforced idleness. A real possibility with a shutdown like the one in 2013.
October 08, 2015 -
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The health insurance hunting season begins next month. This year for the first time, feds, postals and retirees will have a third option. In addition to being able to buy self-only or family coverage, people can also elect self-plus-one (S+1) coverage.
October 07, 2015 Steve Bauer, executive director of the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund joins host Mike Causey to discuss how the program works and how it can help you. October 7, 2015
October 06, 2015-
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The outlook for federal workers and retirees when it comes to income in 2016 is pretty grim, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
October 06, 2015 -
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Remember the birthday when you expected a puppy but got a goldfish instead? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says some federal workers and retirees are having goldfish flashbacks.
October 05, 2015 -
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Why push the down button on the career elevator? According to a report from the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Veterans Affairs, two Washington-based senior executives used their clout to get what amounted to a demotion - one with fewer responsibilities but the same level of pay. The benefit of the demotion, according to the IG's report, was that the two career SESers got to keep their Washington pay levels while transferring to lower pressure jobs in places with more winter sports and better cheesesteaks.
October 02, 2015 -
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When the kids finally leave what do romantic federal couples do first? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the answer may be disturbing to some.
October 01, 2015 -
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Good news for tens of thousands of federal couples, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says a new health plan option called self-plus one could save them big bucks in 2016.
September 30, 2015 -
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Greg Stanford and Katie Maddocks of the Federal Managers Association and benefits expert Tammy Flanagan join host Mike Causey to discuss a pending pay raise for federal workers and retirees, the new self-plus one health care option and the possibility of a government shutdown. September 30, 2015
September 29, 2015 -
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It turns out that not having a shutdown, which some said was an indicator of the end of democracy, is worse than having one. At least for some people.
September 29, 2015 -
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Being a federal worker is a lot like being a fat, juicy rabbit trapped on a fox-infested island. That's because to some foxy politicians, civil servants are fat, juicy, defenseless targets. Some are on the hunt all the time, while others come out in the fall — the official hunting season.
September 28, 2015 -
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If you work or ever worked for the government, if you retired from Uncle Sam, if you applied for but didn't take a federal job, odds are somebody knows a lot of your secrets. Who did it, what exactly did they do, when did it happen, where, and often most elusively, why?
September 25, 2015 -
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Folks who retired back in the day recall a golden era: A period when they got two cost of living adjustments per year and often got inflation catch-ups that were in the double digits.
September 24, 2015 -
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Pope Francis' visit to Washington will test not only the patience of commuters, but the teleworking system of federal agencies.
September 23, 2015
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