Federal Report
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Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says while most of us are off today, resting, eating and formulating unbreakable resolutions, a lot of people are working at the Pentaton, the NIH, and other government offices.
December 29, 2017 -
When people get close to retirement their emotions range from joy to fear and panic. Sometimes all three. Here's how it worked for one former fed.
December 28, 2017 -
While I’m on Christmas vacation I asked some faithful readers to do a guest column. Today’s by Anthony Corridore has some management/change advice for federal agencies.
December 27, 2017 -
This former fed said a long, rewarding career in government set them up for what they hope is a long, rewarding retirement.
December 26, 2017 -
When looking for a few Christmas season columns, we turned to one old, as in long-time reader because she's funny, candid and not the least bit orthodox.
December 25, 2017 -
Christmas is one of those holidays when the maximum number of people get the day off. But since the 9-11 attacks and subsequent terrorist attacks, more federal and military personnel are on duty than ever before.
December 22, 2017 -
Federal News Radio and Senior Correspondent Mike Causey spread some holiday cheer with a recitation of the poem, Twas the Night Before the End of the Fiscal Year.
December 22, 2017 -
One of the toughest occupations, from biblical times to present, is being a tax collector, and the new tax rules are going to make things busy and tough for folks at the IRS.
December 21, 2017 -
One of the big myths about government workers is that they are fireproof; once in, they are employed for life. That may not be the case at the Interior Department.
December 20, 2017 -
Federal News Radio reporters Nicole Ogrysko, Scott Maucione and Meredith Somers will discuss 2017's top federal stories and the prospects for budget cuts, pay raises and buyouts in the new year.
December 20, 2017 -
If you were job-hunting, would you apply to a place where the CEOs regularly froze your pay and the board of directors had its eye on your pension plan? Sound familiar?
December 19, 2017 -
The retirement system is out of the woods for awhile and the new and revised Dec. 22 shutdown may not happen, but now there's a new threat: a zero pay raise in 2019.
December 18, 2017 -
If the Thrift Savings Plan offered federal employee investors a Bitcoin option, would you invest in it?
December 15, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the G fund becomes a political football each time Congress debates raising the debt ceiling, and that makes many investors nervous.
December 14, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants to know how much time do you and your coworkers spend on work-related meetings? An hour a day? Two?
December 13, 2017