Federal Report
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Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains what impact a recent Supreme Court decision will have on your Thrift Savings Plan.
May 28, 2015 -
Tammy Flanagan with the National Institute of Transition Planning will answer your retirement planning questions, including how to choose the right retirement date for you. May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015 -
By picking the right date, federal employees can maximize their income for that year, minimize taxes for the following year and get the most money out of their unused annual leave, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
May 27, 2015 -
Cut out smoking, if you smoke. Drinking, if you drink. Starbucks, if that is your thing. The point is to put something into the Thrift Savings Plan every pay period, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey in response to readers\' comments about the low proportion of FERS employees contributing to the TSP.
May 26, 2015 -
More than summer road trips and barbecues, Memorial Day is a time to remember and honor. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey — and a former soldier with 30 years of service — reflect.
May 25, 2015 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey goes back in time to a Memorial Day when honoring the fallen, not to mention not passing out, was the order of the day.
May 22, 2015 -
A quarter-million-plus feds live or work in Maryland. So, given the U.S. Supreme Court\'s recent finding that counties in The Free State have been double-taxing some residents, will federal workers score big time? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey turns to a tax expert.
May 21, 2015 -
Federal Drive host Tom Temin joins Mike Causey to discuss fed bashing and federal job security, and Federal Times senior writer Andy Medici will tell us Congress has in store for feds after the Memorial Day break. May 20, 2015
May 20, 2015 -
Is fed-bashing, by politicians and the media, worse than ever? Or is life in the federal government so much sweeter than everywhere else, except maybe Wall Street?
May 20, 2015 -
Federal employees have it tough. Especially, if you\'re a letter carrier. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you better be careful, because it\'s a dog-bite-mailman world out there.
May 18, 2015 -
More than a quarter of FERS employees are not contributing the full 5 percent salary amount into the TSP. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it\'s a case of free money being turned down for no good reason.
May 18, 2015 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wonders if one political party is targeting federal employees\' pay and benefits more than the other.
May 15, 2015 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey ponders how bad occurrences may actually lead to positive outcomes, despite what you first might think.
May 14, 2015 NITP Senior Benefits Director Tammy Flanagan joins host Mike Causey for an hour long discussion of the pending phased retirement program. May 13, 2015
May 13, 2015-
Although phased retirement has been in the works for a couple of years, nobody is sure what it will look like, how it will work and how it may vary from agency-to-agency, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
May 13, 2015