Federal Report

  • This week on Your Turn, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey brings you updates about the United States Postal Service and what it needs to do to get back in the red, as well as a recent report regarding the Senior Executive Service. NALC President Fred Rolando and SEA President Carol Bonosaro give Federal News Radio their thoughts.

    April 27, 2010
  • The low-ball 1.4 percent pay raise the White House has proposed for federal workers and military personnel may be a poker chip politicians will use over the summer. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey tells why the 2011 pay raise isn\'t chiseled in stone.

    April 27, 2010
  • First it was sex, then religion, then politics that were considered taboo subjects. Now Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks if technology has provided us with another tiptoe-through-the-tulips subject we can\'t talk about in polite company.

    April 26, 2010
  • Friday and Monday are the most popular telework days in government. So are you doing your thing from your home computer or are you at work work? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey\'s got the latest saga in the telework marathon.

    April 23, 2010
  • Six years ago all sorts of people were fighting to prevent the National Security Personnel System from being implemented. Now, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey notes some people are saying that it worked well and is being buried prematurely.

    April 22, 2010
  • Building a TSP account worth a million dollars or more is not rocket science according to Senior Correspondent Mike Causey. He\'s got the three-step formula which he outlines in today\'s column.

    April 21, 2010
  • If commuting is the most dangerous part of your day, chances are you work in DC, Dallas, LA, Chicago or some other city. But if getting there is only half the danger you may be a fed based in the middle east, Africa or Mexico. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks about different workplace problems.

    April 20, 2010
  • Is it possible to squirrel away $1 million, legally, while working for Uncle Sam? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it can be done and he\'s got the roadmap to riches.

    April 19, 2010
  • Federal retirees didn\'t get a cost of living adjustment this year. What\'s the outlook for a COLA in 2011? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey rates the chances as somewhere between slim and none.

    April 16, 2010
  • A growing number of adult children are returning home, assuming dependent status and needing health insurance. So how\'s the federal health insurance program handling this? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains.

    April 15, 2010
  • Federal workers are rolling outside money into their Thrift Savings Plan at a record pace, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, and that includes 75 people who now have million dollar balances.

    April 14, 2010
  • Senior Correspondent Mike Causey\'s column today, about the FEHBP, is must reading unless you are planning to end it all on your 50th birthday or you\'re holding a mega-million dollar lottery ticket.

    April 13, 2010
  • It appears that your federal health plan just dodged a major bullet. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it could have boosted premiums big-time for older, less healthy feds.

    April 12, 2010
  • Most Americans will watch the Nuclear Security Summit next week on the TV news. Lucky them. But for those of us in the DC area, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, it\'s going to be one of those extended gridlocked nightmares we wouldn\'t wish on any other city.

    April 09, 2010

Your Turn

Your Turn

Wednesdays at 10 a.m.

Learn about everything from pay, benefits and retirement, to buyouts, COLAs and pay freezes. Dial 667-930-9385
to listen live from any phone. Follow Mike on Twitter and send him an email with your questions and comments. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Podcast One.