Federal Report

  • Feds who goof off on the job, or who spend all day surfing the net, watching the clock or on personal business are in for trouble. Congress is coming. So why are the vast majority of civil servants not quaking in their boots? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey tells all.

    July 01, 2011
  • Coming soon to a federal agency near you - buyouts. So do you fit the profile? Are you buyout bait or, asks Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, will you be the last person left to turn out the lights?

    June 30, 2011
  • Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has something to take your mind off the possibility of an extended pay freeze. Forget about that and concentrate on the highly-likely prospect of a 5 to 6 percent permanent pay cut.

    June 29, 2011
  • How many hamburger flippers, box-store greeters and grocery store baggers does Uncle Sam employ? Short answer, not too many which Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says may explain while federal salaries are bigger than in many sections of the private sector.

    June 28, 2011
  • Federal workers are not going to get any kind of pay raise in 2012. But retirees might get a 3.5 percent cost of living adjustment. So a lot of feds say they might just retire to get the COLA. It\'s a great idea but, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey points out, there is one flaw.

    June 27, 2011
  • Many federal and postal workers are worried about minor changes in their retirement benefits but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says they should be focusing on more immediate actions that could have a lifetime impact on their pay and pensions.

    June 24, 2011
  • Debra Vess\'s program, HR Connect, has been recognized for benefitting many agencies in the field of HR. It\'s the reason she was named a 2011 Causey Award winner.

    June 23, 2011
  • If you live or visit the DC area, you understand why we have the second worst traffic in the nation. But, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, we may be living in the good old days compared to what\'s about to come our way.

    June 23, 2011
  • Steve Bauer, executive director of the Federal Employees Education and Assistance fund talks about the organization\'s 25th anniversary

    June 22, 2011
  • Sixteen years after the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, reports Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, nearly two dozen children who lost one or both parents are going to college on free-ride scholarships provided by their parent\'s fellow federal workers.

    June 22, 2011
  • We\'ll talk to a Causey Award Winner Julia Ruffini, a Field Office Chief for the Defense Security Service who has to be right 100 percent of the time. We\'ll tell you how she does it.

    June 21, 2011
  • Kathryn Medina, the executive director of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, spearheaded the first Federal Human Resources HR University and helped develop a framework for HR University. She is a 2011 Causey Award winner.

    June 21, 2011
  • OPM Director John Berry believes a perception that poorly-performing federal employees are not held accountable is driving animosity toward government. He hopes to finish a strategy for better accountability by the end of 2011. Berry is a 2011 Causey Award winner.

    June 20, 2011
  • If you are thinking about long term care insurance you have until Friday to qualify for the goverrment\'s LTC program under so-called abbreviated underwriting rules. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says after that it will be much harder to qualify for coverage.

    June 20, 2011