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Thanks to alternate work schedules, Mondays and Fridays are low-readership days for those of us in the fed-oriented media. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, with help from our marketing department, believes he\'s found a way to cash in on those Dead Zone days.
Jennie Liming is one of seven winners of Federal News Radio\'s 2010 Causey Awards. Liming was nominated for creating, implementing, and managing a program to develop entry-level employees at GSA.
The way you feel about teleworking or raising the age for dependent health care coverage may depend on whether your favorite ice cream flavor is Vanilla or Rocky Road. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains the different-strokes rule.
Putting manure on strawberries produces excellent results, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it can be quite a disappointment if you were expecting cream and sugar.
If you\'ve been on active duty with the National Guard like many federal and postal workers have been, Uncle Sam may have a $5,000 check waiting for you. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey\'s got the details.
Everybody supports the plan to expand federal teleworking opportunities and raise the age for dependent care coverage under the federal health plan, right? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says both have lots of support, but many feds say there is a darkside to both proposals.
Feds with older dependent children would love to cover them under their health plan. And there\'s a bill that would raise the age from 22 to 26. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it\'s a real long shot because of everything from the congressional vacation schedule to the Gulf oil disaster.
What happens if you are the federal equivalent of Superman or Wonderwoman? Then the White House may tap you for major honors and a handsome cash award. Which is just what happened last night at the State Department, reports Senior Correspondent Mike Causey. Check the A-list to see if anybody you know or work with is on it.
Normally Senior Correspondent Mike Causey keeps his Inside-the-Beltway jet-set lifestyle private. He doesn\'t want to brag, or make you jealous. But today he makes an exception starting with his black tie dinner date with Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The National Security Personnel System space craft designed by Congress is in the process of returning to Earth. What will its 200,000 federal crew members find when they go back to their old offices? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the jury is still out.
A bill has been introduced that would let the Office of Personnel Management extend health insurance to adult children of federal employees this year, instead of having them wait for the Affordable Health Care Act that was signed by President Obama in March.
When it comes to trusting you, does your boss use the eyeball and hover approach or, asks Senior Correspondent Mike Causey does he or she trust you to get things done from afar?
Is your Thrift Savings Plan account at or approaching the half million dollar mark? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there are more than 10,000 federal and postal workers who already members of the TSP $500K club.
When it comes to teleworking, is your boss with the program or is he or she still waiting to celebrate the 21st century? Congress is looking for been-there-done-that teleworking experience and Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has examples of what does and does not work.
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