Federal Report
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If Congress does what it\'s promised to do, your chances of working from home should be greatly improved within the next couple of weeks. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey reports on a flip-flop in the way teleworkers are to be picked.
August 27, 2010 -
This week, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks with Bryan Lowry, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Council of Prison Locals, about what life is like for feds -- and inmates -- in federal prisons.
August 25, 2010 -
Bad economic times and a very generous tuition assistance program have teamed up to make Uncle Sam an employer of first choice for many of the best-and-brightest job seekers, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
August 25, 2010 -
Federal unions cannot bargain over pay, holidays, vacation time or other federal fringe benefits. Yet tens of thousands of government workers belong to them. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there are a number of good reasons why so many pay dues when they don\'t have to.
August 24, 2010 -
Are federal workers the driving force behind economic recovery, or are fat cat bureaucrats making things worse? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it depends on which set of factoids you read and believe.
August 23, 2010 -
Compared to the private sector, civil servants are a very different breed of cat, as Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains.
August 20, 2010 -
Are you overpaid, overweight and exempt from taxes? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that\'s what some people are hearing in the on-going election year fight about the cost of government and government workers.
August 19, 2010 -
How would you like to have 20 children in college at the same time? Could you handle it? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that some very generous feds have been handling it very well for a long time
August 18, 2010 -
This week, Mike Causey learns all about the Federal Employees Education and Assistance Fund.
August 17, 2010 -
Federal workers are in line for a pay raise in January. Federal retirees are not. How come? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says deflation is the reason.
August 17, 2010 -
Is there a pay raise in your immediate future? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says while it\'s on target its fate is tied to the economy, the political climate and maybe a few dozen about to be lame-duck members of Congress.
August 16, 2010 -
If you read yesterday\'s column you know there is a slim chance you might have been placed in the wrong federal retirement system. If so, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has a way to make things right for yourself.
August 13, 2010 -
Remember the Abbott & Costello baseball routine about \"Who\'s on First?\" Well Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there is a federal version. He calls it \"Who\'s on FERS\". It\'s about workers who are placed in the wrong retirement system. Could you be one of them?
August 12, 2010 -
Jessica Klement of the Federal Managers Association joins Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey on this week\'s Your Turn to discuss why she and her organization think it\'s only a matter of time before more feds telecommute.
August 11, 2010 -
At the end of the day who\'s going to have more money, a banker who drives a Lexus or a federal civil servant who owns a Ford or Chevy Cobalt? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asked a pro and the answer may surprise you.
August 11, 2010