Federal Report
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Thanks to the Federal Employees Retirement System, the Civil Service Retirement System and Social Security retirement programs many people in the federal government will have guaranteed lifetime payments worth $1 to $2 million.
August 01, 2018 -
How many shutdowns have you been through? How did you get by? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants to know.
July 31, 2018 -
Imagine the financial and emotional hangover you would have today if some, most or all of your retirement nest egg had been invested in the Thrift Savings Plan's T Fund? That's "T" for technical stocks.
July 30, 2018 -
Nearly four decades and seven presidents since one of Jimmy Carter’s proudest accomplishments — the Civil Service Reform Act, the team of President Donald Trump is set to take a crack at overhauling the government bureaucracy.
July 27, 2018 -
Have an employee of the month program at your office? Well now the Trump administration has plans to establish a reward-for-performance system in the government.
July 26, 2018 -
Is there a federal pay raise in your future? And what's the status of legislation to reform the Federal Employees Retirement System? Find out when Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. July 25, 2018
July 25, 2018 -
There's talk that some kind of raise, either 1.9 percent by some counts or 3 percent as proposed by congressional friends of feds, could be worked out via the appropriation process after the midterm election. If so, it would be exactly the same raise nonpostal feds got last January.
July 24, 2018 -
Federal workers got a 1.4 percent raise in January that was proposed and backed by the president. But the outlook for 2019 was and still is different.
July 24, 2018 -
Back in less partisan times, federal and postal unions or at least their elected leaders leaned Democratic and but close ties with key Republicans in Congress, as well as with staffers whose committees dealt with civil service matters.
July 23, 2018 -
Readers share their thoughts on how commuter gridlock caused by a potential D.C. Metro system strike would affect agencies' opinions on telework.
July 19, 2018 -
A strike by D.C.-area bus and subway personnel could give opponents of teleworking a taste of what the government would face in the event of a major weather event, natural disaster or terrorist attack.
July 19, 2018 -
Are the threats to FERS and CSRS real? IF so, what is being done to protect them? Find out when NARFE's Jessica Klement, Barb Sido, and Jennifer Bialek join host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to explain why the two largest white-collar federal unions are challenging provisions in two of the three executive orders issued by President Donald Trump. July 18, 2018
July 18, 2018 -
The two largest white-collar federal unions are challenging provisions in two of the three executive orders President Donald Trump issued in late May. And it could be serious.
July 18, 2018 -
Do you remember what your work-wise, midsummer nightmares were this time last year? Even if you were on vacation this time last year, chances are you were thankful that the very real shutdown threatened for April didn’t materialize.
July 17, 2018 -
Financial planner Arthur Stein says that “declines are part of the market cycle.” In fact, he counted a historical average of 5 percent declines about three times a year.
July 15, 2018