Federal Report
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Have you seen the pay-more-get-less pension package Congress is preparing for federal workers and retirees? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you'd better check it out.
July 21, 2017 -
Federal, military and Social Security retirees may be looking at a January cost-of-living adjustment of 1.6 percent, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
July 20, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says past performance isn't a predictor in financial markets, and federal investors are nervously wondering what to do with their TSP accounts when the next big, long overdue correction hits.
July 19, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says despite it being home to Congress, Washington, D.C. takes the least vacation time of any other major American city.
July 18, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says federal and Social Security retirees may be in for a cost-of-living adjustment that’ll trump January’s proposed 1.9 percent pay raise for federal workers.
July 17, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says current and future federal retirees would lose thousands of dollars in cost-of-living benefits if Congress goes along with the president’s plan to put them on a zero-COLA plan.
July 14, 2017 -
A longtime federal worker explains the upsides and downsides of retiring from a government career.
July 13, 2017 -
The Senior Executive Service is one of the most important parts of government most Americans have never heard of. Different presidents have used it in different ways. So what's the impact of the Trump administration?
July 12, 2017 -
Bill Valdez, president of the Senior Executives Association, joins host Mike Causey to discuss how things are going for the SEA and the Senior Executive Service. July 12, 2017
July 11, 2017 -
How do you know when it's time to retire? Wouldn't it be nice if there was some kind of gauge or target? We asked a longtime Homeland Security worker who's leaving in two months.
July 11, 2017 -
If you’re a government worker or retiree, odds are you are dreading the day when your grandson or granddaughter asks you about the good old days, when folks had pensions.
July 10, 2017 -
Stephen Hawking, who may be the smartest person on the planet, says we humans have less than 100 years before artificial intelligence takes over our lives. We ran it by a federal computer expert who says the clock is ticking.
July 07, 2017 -
Why do people outside the Beltway hate Washington so much? To solve this mystery, we reached out to a fed named Ken, who was more than happy to comply. He had lots to say, including the fact that what we produce here are the instructions others have to follow.
July 06, 2017 -
Dreaming of retirement and facing the reality of it are two very different things, so we talked with a long-time fed who worked for HUD and made a checklist, which says that retiring as early as possible is the way to go.
July 05, 2017 -
Have you protected your TSP from the next stock market crash? Financial planner Arthur Stein will explain what you should be doing now to protect your financial assets when he joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. July 5, 2017
July 04, 2017