Benefits

  • If you count on your flexible spending account to pay for uncovered medical bills and co-payments, you are going to need to tighten your belt. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says big changes are coming in the FSA program next year.

    September 21, 2010
  • Tom Trabucco, Director of External Affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investments Board, joined Chris Dorobek on the Dorobek Insider.

    September 20, 2010
  • Everybody knows the government is full of waste, duplication and has too many employees. Where we often disagree is just where that\'s at. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey thinks he\'s found the solution. Or not.

    September 20, 2010
  • Word is spreading about who is, and isn\'t, covered under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program now that President Obama has signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Ed Zurdorfer, a registered employee benefit consultant, explains how it works.

    September 17, 2010
  • Former Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-Tenn.) Author of \"More Davids Than Goliaths: A Political Education\" John Wilson Executive Director, National Education Association Former Rep. Bob Edgar (D-Pa.) President & CEO, Common Cause

    September 16, 2010
  • The Army is trying to get the word out that it needs good people to help manage money. The lagging economy, stubborn unemployment and improved pay and benefits are helping to attract the next generation of acquisition professionals into the fold.

    September 16, 2010
  • When they wake up on November 4th lots of people who work on Capitol Hill will learn that they no longer work on Capitol Hill. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that, for many, the next stop for them may be your federal agency.

    September 16, 2010
  • The head of the government\'s top personnel office thinks the future looks bright for fixing the hiring process, which has been called broken, in the federal sector.

    September 15, 2010
  • Beginning in January, thousands, maybe tens of thousands of new people will be joining the federal employee health benefits program. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains how it will work and what it could mean for the nation\'s biggest health care program.

    September 14, 2010
  • Okay, so August wasn\'t the best month for the Thrift Savings Plan. But is that any reason to panic? No, says guest analyst Arthur Stein, who joins us for our look back at the TSP for last month. But he says instead of panic, do some thoughtful reflection on where your money is going in the TSP, and whether it\'s a good idea to perhaps switch into a new TSP investment tool which is expected to be available to feds next year - the Roth TSP.

    September 13, 2010
  • You may be OVER investing in your TSP. Arthur Stein gives us details on how to tell.

    September 10, 2010
  • Tom Trabucco, the director of external affairs at the TSP, joined Chris Dorobek on The Dorobek Insider to assess the damage of August.

    September 07, 2010
  • Congress is back in town today after an extended summer break. What it\'ll find, in addition to a stack of unfinished business, is the career federal workforce which has been toiling away keeping things running.

    September 03, 2010
  • The numbers are in. They aren\'t good. Only two TSP funds gained ground in August. The other eight were down for the month.

    September 03, 2010