Federal Report

  • If the boss offered you early retirement right now, would you take it? That may be an academic question for most feds, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says for the Postal workers it\'s an up-close-and-personal option.

    July 09, 2009
  • A FERS Flu epidemic is leaving some federal offices undermanned, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says a cure may be on the way.

    July 08, 2009
  • According to Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, the F-word is being heard more and more each day in federal agencies. What it means, Mike says, is don\'t quit your daytime job.

    July 07, 2009
  • July 4th greetings, from the heart, from Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.

    July 03, 2009
  • The President\'s decision to freeze the salaries of highly paid White House aides got the attention of a lot of people in the career ranks of the civil service. Many have let Senior Correspondent Mike Causey hear about it.

    July 02, 2009
  • Guest - OPM Director John Berry(rebroadcast of 5/13)

    July 01, 2009
  • Two things happen when you retire from the government. Your income drops and you lose an important tax break that you might not even know you have. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has the story and a possible solution.

    July 01, 2009
  • When you are about to have a baby, whether it is your first or your fifth, things change. Big time. Which is why the subject of today\'s column is baby-proofing your finances.

    June 26, 2009
  • Guests - Jessica Klement, FMA and Terry Rosen, AFGE

    June 24, 2009
  • Remember the Pony, Puppy, or Python that you wanted but never got for Christmas? Year after year you were disappointed even after you had given it a name and set aside a special place for…

    June 23, 2009
  • Guests - Tom Trabucco, Director of External Affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board; Certified Financial Planner Rebecca Schreiber

    June 17, 2009
  • When will the just-approved Roth option be available to federal and postal investors in the Thrift Savings Plan? Will members of the uniformed military services (as in Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard)…

    June 17, 2009
  • Despite gavel-to-gavel coverage of Congress and the media microscope on government operations, much of what happens here in Washington is under the radar. Hearings, at which news is sometimes made, are held. It gives the…

    June 16, 2009
  • Permit me to start today’s column with my granddaughter’s favorite joke. It goes like this: “Horse walks into a bar. The bartender says ‘why the long face?'” Get it? Long face! Horse. Get it? Now,…

    June 15, 2009