Federal Report
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When looking for a few Christmas season columns, we turned to one old, as in long-time reader because she's funny, candid and not the least bit orthodox.
December 25, 2017 -
Christmas is one of those holidays when the maximum number of people get the day off. But since the 9-11 attacks and subsequent terrorist attacks, more federal and military personnel are on duty than ever before.
December 22, 2017 -
Federal News Radio and Senior Correspondent Mike Causey spread some holiday cheer with a recitation of the poem, Twas the Night Before the End of the Fiscal Year.
December 22, 2017 -
One of the toughest occupations, from biblical times to present, is being a tax collector, and the new tax rules are going to make things busy and tough for folks at the IRS.
December 21, 2017 -
One of the big myths about government workers is that they are fireproof; once in, they are employed for life. That may not be the case at the Interior Department.
December 20, 2017 -
Federal News Radio reporters Nicole Ogrysko, Scott Maucione and Meredith Somers will discuss 2017's top federal stories and the prospects for budget cuts, pay raises and buyouts in the new year.
December 20, 2017 -
If you were job-hunting, would you apply to a place where the CEOs regularly froze your pay and the board of directors had its eye on your pension plan? Sound familiar?
December 19, 2017 -
The retirement system is out of the woods for awhile and the new and revised Dec. 22 shutdown may not happen, but now there's a new threat: a zero pay raise in 2019.
December 18, 2017 -
If the Thrift Savings Plan offered federal employee investors a Bitcoin option, would you invest in it?
December 15, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the G fund becomes a political football each time Congress debates raising the debt ceiling, and that makes many investors nervous.
December 14, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants to know how much time do you and your coworkers spend on work-related meetings? An hour a day? Two?
December 13, 2017 -
Uncle Sam's in-house 401(k) plan is changing, big time. The question is, will federal investors stick with it when they retire or leave government?
December 12, 2017 -
The Federal Government's in-house 401(k) plan -- the TSP -- is changing. How will it affect you? Find out when financial Arthur Stein joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn radio show. December 13, 2017
December 12, 2017 -
If Washington-based politicians trigger or allow a pre-Christmas government shutdown, its economic impact will be felt in hundreds of places thousands of miles from Capitol Hill.
December 11, 2017 -
The federal health insurance hunting season ends today, meaning you still have time to save as much as $2,000 next year in premiums and out-of-pocket costs.
December 08, 2017