Federal Report
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If you\'re a typical federal worker, your 401k plan balance is nearly $10,000 higher than your neighbor who doesn\'t work for Uncle Sam. So how did this happen, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wonders. Are you lucky, smart, or both?
August 15, 2011 -
Getting and keeping a security clearance is vital in a growing number of federal jobs. And useful when feds retire and go into the private sector. But are those all-important clearances going to be harder to get, and keep in the future? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains. (This column was originally published on July 13, 2011.)
August 12, 2011 -
When times were good having a federal job was nice. When the going got tough, having a federal job was golden. But next, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says, comes the political backlash to the point where many feds are having second thoughts about their career goals.(Editor\'s Note: This column originally appeared July 15, 2011.)
August 11, 2011 -
Federal employees at the Federal Dispute Resolution Conference in Palm Desert, Calif., this week are learning the latest HR techniques and earning credentials to further their careers. No matter the exotic locale and the scorching temperatures, the feds are here to learn, not play. Still, it pays to have an impartial observer on hand, and that\'s where Senior Correspondent Mike Causey comes in.
August 10, 2011 -
Federal, military and Social Security retirees were delighted last month when it appeared they were on track for a January cost of living adjustment of around 3.3 percent, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says living costs are down, believe it or not, and the COLA may be in danger of stalling. (This column originally appeared July 18, 2011.)
August 09, 2011 -
Is there life beyond the Beltway? Or, do those clowns in D.C. have any idea what they are doing? How well, or not, is your Washington headquarters working with your field operation. Does anybody have a clue what\'s going on. Check out our Talk Back to Washington series that starts today, senior correspondent Mike Causey says.
August 08, 2011 -
What are the financial prospects for the 4,000 furloughed FAA employees and for other feds who might be temporarily laid off when Congress gets back to inaction? Senior correspondent Mike Causey says there are $1,000 no-interest loans coming next week.
August 05, 2011 -
Want deficit reduction, a cure for unemployment and longer, silkier eyelashes? It\'s all there in in the new Congressional-White House compromise, senior correspondent Mike Causey says. But to be safe, check the fine print.
August 04, 2011 -
Host Mike Causey is joined by Daniel Hirsch, State vice president of the American Foreign Service Association. Steve Losey and Sean Reilly from the Federal Times also join the show.
August 03, 2011 -
What\'s the primary difference between a mid-career federal civil servant and a mature turkey? One thing they have in common is a Thanksgiving deadline, senior correspondent Mike Causey says.
August 03, 2011 -
The end of the world as Washington knows it was supposed to take place today. But it has been fixed by the people who almost caused it. And your pension check, your pay check and your job are safe. For now.
August 02, 2011 -
Even with the debt limit crisis settled, federal workers are going to be hearing, and living with the F-word for a long time. F in this case stands for furloughs and freezes.
August 01, 2011 -
Federal workers\' pay, pensions and health premiums are on the line and definitely in the line of fire as Congress and the White House limp toward a solution to the debt limit crisis. Federal News Radio senior correspondent Mike Causey wants to know what are the primary targets?
July 29, 2011 -
Depending on how the debt ceiling issue is settled - or not - furloughs could be just around the corner for hundreds of thousands of federal workers. If so, how would they work and are you ready? Would it be a dreamy surprise mid-summer dream or a pre-back-to-school nightmare?
July 28, 2011 -
\"There\'s not a whole lot of talk about this, because it\'s just overcome by the whole debt ceiling crisis,\" says Mike MacDonald, regional vice president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. July 27, 2011
July 27, 2011