Federal Report

  • Federal retirees beware: What if your grandson calls and says he's in jail on a DUI and needs you to wire the court $2,800 ASAP? Most people would probably get the cash, then find a place they could wire it, only to learn it's a scam.

    August 08, 2017
  • Why do so many federal employees move out of TSP when they retire from the government? What should you do? Find out when benefits expert John Grobe joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. August 9, 2017

    August 07, 2017
  • Federal unions were delighted last week when George Nesterczuk withdrew his nomination to be director of the Office of Personnel Management.

    August 07, 2017
  • Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says sequestration is the ultimate boogeyman under the bed in this federally oriented town, where furloughs and government shutdowns can and do happen.

    August 04, 2017
  • Roughly one in three federal workers is eligible to retire today, but many are waiting for their agencies to offer buyouts, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.

    August 03, 2017
  • Federal workers and retirees have billions of dollars invested in the stock market as part of the Thrift Savings Plan, the government's in-house 401(k) plan, which is the world's biggest.

    August 02, 2017
  • This week on “Your Turn," financial planner Arthur Stein tells feds and retirees what, if anything, they should be doing now with their Thrift Savings Plan accounts. August 2, 2017

    August 01, 2017
  • Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks, could politicians out to gut the federal retirement program be damaging their hopes of higher office?

    August 01, 2017
  • What's the difference between a duck during hunting season and a federal worker in any season? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the difference is that the duck doesn't know what dangers he faces, while most federal workers know all too well.

    July 31, 2017
  • What do you do with a federal numbers-cruncher whose projections don't match your expectations? House members have dusted off an 1870s rule that lets them can feds at will starting at the Congressional Budget Office.

    July 28, 2017
  • The Greatest Generation, the people who survived the Depression and World War II, is fast disappearing. This month marks the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. campaign to recapture Guam, a vital step to victory in the Pacific, and we've got the story of one young Marine forever changed by it.

    July 27, 2017
  • Working for the government was once a lifetime deal, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says those days may be gone.

    July 26, 2017
  • Are you planning to retire soon or leave your federal job? What happens to your benefits? Find out when benefits expert John Grobe joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. July 26, 2017

    July 25, 2017
  • Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says if it's true that all politics is local, D.C. feds may get a major political assist from beyond-the-Beltway feds that could save their retirement plan.

    July 25, 2017
  • Most of the retirement nest-egg money federal investors have socked away is in the super-safe, never-has-a-bad-day Treasury securities G fund. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wonders how safe is safe.

    July 24, 2017