Benefits
Tune in to FEDtalk on September 25th, on the eve of Open Season, for a discussion on the supplemental insurance plan options available only to federal employees. September 25, 2015
September 25, 2015Federal benefits expert Tammy Flanagan and Philip Gardner with the Office of Personnel Management joins host Mike Causey to answer your questions about retirement planning. September 23, 2015
September 22, 2015-
The Office of Personnel Management finalized the rule creating a new benefit option for the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program.
September 17, 2015 Allan Roth, founder of Wealth Logic, joins host Mike Causey to discuss what investors are doing right and what they are doing wrong with their Thrift Savings Plan accounts. September 16, 2015
September 15, 2015-
A new Senate bill could guarantee six weeks of paid leave for federal employees who become parents, and let them choose whether to take those six weeks separately or in one shot.
September 15, 2015 Are you having recurrent nightmares about your Thrift Savings Plan? Financial planner Arthur Stein joins host Mike Causey to discuss investment strategies for your TSP account. September 9, 2015
September 08, 2015-
Veterans Benefits Administration Under Secretary Allison Hickey told Federal Drive with Tom Temin that roughly 98,000 claims that are older than 125 days have been reduced to about 91,000. a sub-100,000 case milestone reached in late August.
September 03, 2015 -
NARFE's John Hatton and Katie Maddocks from the Federal Managers Association, join host Mike Causey to talk about some of the issues that Congress will tackle when it returns from its summer recess. September 2, 2015
September 01, 2015 -
Randy Silvey, wealth adviser and president of Silverlight Financial, contends federal employees don’t take enough control of their retirement planning and that impacts their future.
August 25, 2015 -
Unless your plan is to live off the land, you’ll probably need more money in retirement than you think, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
August 20, 2015 -
The Navy’s top officer says the Pentagon is fighting a congressional proposal that would dramatically reduce take-home pay for tens of thousands of service members by reducing their housing allowances.
August 19, 2015 -
Many people don’t realize that members of the uniformed military services are eligible for the government’s long term care insurance program. Retired Army Brig. Gen. Michael Meese, chief operations officer of the American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association, talks about recent premium changes on Your Turn.
August 19, 2015 -
For people in, or going into the military, the benefits programs — while excellent in some cases — are a mystery. Many people don't realize that members of the uniformed military services are eligible for the government's long term care insurance program.
August 19, 2015 -
On Aug. 14 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. Its goal was to give Americans a national plan for economic security when they retired. Eighty years later, the Social Security Administration provides retirement and disability benefits for 60 million Americans at a cost of $850 billion a year. Carolyn Colvin is the Acting Commissioner for the Social Security Administration. She spoke with Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive to talk about the agency's rich history, plans for keeping it vital, and the impact social security has had.
August 14, 2015 -
Contractors will have to give employees paid sick leave under an executive order the New York Times reports President Barack Obama will sign. Josh Alloy is counsel for Arnold and Porter's labor and employment group. He writes an advisory about what companies will have to do and what they should be planning to do. Alloy tells In Depth with Francis Rose that the scope of the executive order is pretty comprehensive.
August 13, 2015