Benefits
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Senior Correspondent Mike Causey's got three great federal pay jokes, but he can only tell one of them.
September 02, 2016 -
For the first time in 12 years, the Office of Personnel Management will hold an open season for eligible employees to sign up or choose from several types of coverage options under the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program. The open season will run from Sept. 1 through Sept. 30.
August 31, 2016 -
If you work for the federal government, are retired from government or are married to a fed, then Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it’s time to hit your reset button.
August 31, 2016 Federal News Radio's Jason Miller, Meredith Somers, and Mike O'Connell join host Mike Causey to discuss the Pathways Program, the upcoming health and life insurance open seasons, and the nearly useless factoid that appears in Mike's daily column. August 31, 2016
August 30, 2016-
TSA released a determination on collective bargaining on Aug. 25, which changed some of the rules between the agency and the union. AFGE and TSA are currently involved in extended contract negotiations after TSA employees voted down the agreement reached in late 2015.
August 30, 2016 -
A rare enrollment period will open next month for the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance program. You'll need to think about how much insurance you really need, and whether you want to keep it until retirement. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director for the National Institute of Transition Planning, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to sort it all out.
August 29, 2016 -
What agency has the most employees? Which feds get paid the most? Federal News Radio looks at the latest data from the Office of Personnel Management.
August 25, 2016 -
If you're a retired fed, odds are you wear glasses, which Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you're gonna need to see your next cost-of-living adjustment.
August 25, 2016 -
A little more than a month after the Office of Personnel Management dropped its long-term-care bombshell, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is asking where exactly that bomb came from.
August 24, 2016 -
Since 2014, when Veterans Affairs Department reform legislation became law, the VA has been expanding its network of outside health care providers. The Choice Program recently underwent a major review. Dr. Baligh Yehia, assistant deputy undersecretary for health at the Veterans Health Administration, talked about the changes and what's still ahead on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
August 23, 2016 -
It's Tuesday and time to play What's My Homonyn? with the poor man's Alex Trebek, Senior correspondent Mike Causey.
August 23, 2016 -
Why are 264,000 federal workers and retirees literally fit to be tied? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the answer's easy: long-term care insurance.
August 22, 2016 -
How come only a handful of government workers have signed up for the highly touted phased retirement program? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the villain may be the place where you work.
August 19, 2016 -
Help the National Park Service celebrate its 100th birthday in 2016! August 19, 2016
August 18, 2016 -
Does your favorite TV weather person seem genuinely shocked that it's hot in August? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says maybe he or she should become a government behavioral expert.
August 18, 2016