Benefits
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The final details of the 2017 defense authorization bill remain a work in progress for the House and Senate, but one bargaining chip of the deal could undo some steep travel cuts for DoD employees.
May 13, 2016 -
Nervous in the civil service? Do you wish you'd gone into the private sector instead? If so, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has some encouraging words.
May 13, 2016 -
The Social Security Administration has a backlog of a million disability cases to process, but the leaders of a Senate oversight subcommittee say the agency's plan to reduce the backlog raises too many red flags about due process.
May 12, 2016 -
Could you use another $77 per month in your Social Security benefit? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it could happen if Congress OKs a name change.
May 11, 2016 -
The U.S. Postal Service fared better this financial quarter than it did last year, but the Postmaster General says Congress has been slow to remove a weight around the agency's neck.
May 10, 2016 -
A Senate panel's version of the 2017 defense authorization bill keeps the military pay raise at 1.6 percent, but expands some health care options.
May 10, 2016 -
Randy Silvey, president of Silverlight Financial, highlights a new survey from his firm and Federal News Radio about just how ill-prepared federal employees are for retirement.
May 10, 2016 -
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Lots of buzz in the federal community about a possible $40,000 buyout package, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says in this case bigger isn’t necessarily better.
May 09, 2016 -
Many Hollywood celebs say they'll move to Canada if a certain person is elected president. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says federal workers should follow their lead.
May 06, 2016 -
The first estimates of the savings realized from the House's plan to reform TRICARE come in around $7 billion.
May 05, 2016 -
If the government were to offer workers a $40,000 incentive to retire, everybody would be happy, right? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says not quite everybody is on board.
May 05, 2016 Is there a downside to the less expensive Forever stamp? Find out this week on Your Turn when host Mike Causey discusses the issue with Katie Maddocks and Bruce Moyer from the National Association of Postal Supervisors. Maddocks and Moyer will explain how dropping the price of Forever stamps from 49 cents to 47 cents will affect businesses, employees and you. May 4, 2016
May 03, 2016-
Here's a tricky question: What would you do for $40,000 that you would not even consider for $25,000? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey believes leaving a safe government job is one of them.
May 03, 2016 -
While the TSP showed signs of stability, none of the retirement funds posted higher numbers than they had in March, when most funds posted the best monthly funds of the year so far.
May 02, 2016