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Federal Report
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Coming soon to a federal agency near you: buyouts. So do you fit the profile? Are you buyout bait or, asks Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, will you be the last person left to turn out the lights?
June 02, 2011 -
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FMA\'s Jessica Klement discusses the biggest legislative threat to federal employees\' pensions. June 1, 2011(Encore presentation June 29, 2011)
June 01, 2011 -
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One of the top job-related questions feds have is will they have time to retire this year before Congress changes retirement rules. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the answer is very likely yes, but there are more serious threats facing both workers and retirees.
June 01, 2011 -
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The Agriculture Department is the first cabinet-level operation to offer early retirement and buyouts to employees. And it won\'t be the last. So what are your odds of getting an offer? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has the exclusive.
May 31, 2011 -
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If you are working today, Memorial Day, odds are most members of the public, press or political establishment don\'t know it. Or don\'t know what you are doing. Or don\'t much care. But those who do, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, are very, very glad you are out there.
May 30, 2011 -
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If you are feeling paranoid, that is you are convinced that people in high places are out to get you, you can relax. You are not crazy. That\'s the good part. The bad part, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, is you are right to worry because your pay, pension and health insurance package are all on the chopping block. You need a scorecard to keep track, and we\'ve got it.
May 27, 2011 -
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In the government, your salary level doesn\'t only depend on what you do. Add in, or subtract, where you do it. Which explains why folks who work in Houston and Dallas make more than those in Austin or San Antonio. And why people who transfer from San Francisco and LA lose money when they come to DC. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains.
May 26, 2011 -
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Multiple proposals being discussed by Congress and the White House would affect feds\' pay and benefits. Host Mike Causey is joined by Steve Losey and Steve Watkins of the Federal Times to discuss what might be coming down the road. May 25, 2011
May 25, 2011 -
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Two years ago Congress and the White House couldn\'t do enough for federal workers and retirees. This year it seems they can\'t do enough to feds. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey looks at why there\'s such a change and what\'s next.
May 25, 2011 -
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If you are a fed who wants to get ahead, or simply survive, you rather spend quality time with Jake Gyllenhaal or Newt Gingrich, or how about partying with either Angelina Jolie or Typhoid Mary? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says one might be more fun than the other but what about your place on the job learning curve.
May 24, 2011 -
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If budget cutters have their way, your health premiums could jump big time, as much as 20 percent, in the next couple of years.
May 23, 2011 -
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Lots of feds say they will pull the plug immediately if Congress changes federal retirement rules, but this is not the time to panic, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, because anything, including nothing, could happen.
May 20, 2011 -
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Contractors who are doing very, very well helping Uncle Sam with national defense and homeland security stand to reap a major windfall in talent and dollars, if, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, Congress makes government a miserable place to work.
May 19, 2011 -
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NARFE legislative director Dan Adcock, Federal Times editor Steve Watkins and senior reporter Sean Reilly join host Mike Causey to talk about legislation pending in Congress that affects your pay and retirement benefits. May 18, 2011
May 18, 2011
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