Federal Report

  • The government is proposing a 15 percent pay raise for employees...that\'s the good news...the bad news is that it is not the U.S. government that\'s come up with this plan. So what\'s going on? Mike Causey has a roadmap.

    February 09, 2011
  • Benefit checks of most federal/postal retirees shrunk this month and Washington is playing the blame game to determine who is responsible. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it\'ll be the IRS, OPM or the lame duck Congress, almost for sure.

    February 08, 2011
  • When a major snowstorm threatens, does your federal agency release people early, or shutdown altogether? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it mostly depends on where you live and work.

    February 07, 2011
  • If you lived through, or observed, the blizzard of last week, how do you think Washington did? Was Uncle Sam wise to give feds a day off, then an early-release and is it up to Uncle Sam or should federal workers be more proactive? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey hears from feds.

    February 04, 2011
  • What do the director of the Office of Personnel Management, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Washington\'s electric power company have in common? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says all three of them are having a very tough winter and it\'s only going to get worse.

    February 03, 2011
  • On this week\'s show, host Mike Causey talks with the Federal Times about some of the big topics affecting feds today including federal pay and telework issues. February 2, 2011

    February 02, 2011
  • Here\'s a solution to DC\'s second-worst-in-the-nation traffic: Abolish or move the federal government and shut down schools from December through March. If that doesn\'t work for you, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there is another way.

    February 02, 2011
  • If you are a government or military retiree, odds are your retirement check for January was a little light. So what happened? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you can blame your benefit cut on the lame duck Congress, but relief is on the way.

    February 01, 2011
  • What does President Obama\'s plan to shake-up and streamline the government mean to your agency and your job? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says most feds have been through this before and that as always, the devil is in the details.

    January 31, 2011
  • Every time we have a snowstorm here in your very hilly nation\'s capital, survivors emerge the next morning with tales of the horror of their commute and the bravery they exhibited getting to and from work. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey examines the morning after.

    January 28, 2011
  • Every time it snows in Washington people in high places rediscover the joys of teleworking. So what are the odds you will be working from home in the next couple of years? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says don\'t sell your car just yet.

    January 27, 2011
  • Feds have many questions about what Congress and President Barack Obama have in store for them in the years ahead. Federal Times experts Steve Watkins and Sean Reilly, and Carol Bonosaro, Senior Executive Association President, join Mike Causey to discuss these issues.

    January 26, 2011
  • Despite the federal pay freeze tens of thousands of Defense civilians have gotten or will get modest pay raises this year. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey reports all of them are part of the fast-fading National Security Personnel System which is exiting with a bang, not a whimper.

    January 26, 2011
  • If you are a vintage movie buff, especially of science fiction classics, you may understand why the membership and the rhetoric of the new Congress reminds Senior Correspondent Mike Causey of one of his boyhood favorites from Hollywood: The Invasion of the Body Snatchers!

    January 25, 2011