Benefits
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Former DoD personnel lead Brad Carson said his ideas will prevail and more change is coming for personnel issues.
April 11, 2016 -
All the experts who predicted a retirement tidal wave from government were wrong. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains why so many retirement-age feds are still working.
April 11, 2016 Help the National Park Service celebrate its 100th birthday in 2016! April 8, 2016
April 08, 2016-
The Office of Personnel Management chipped away at its growing inventory of retirement claims in March, thanks to the low volume of new claims it received this month. But the agency still faces an uphill battle in reducing the backlog it worked so hard to manage late last year.
April 06, 2016 -
Which states don't tax civil service retirement benefits or have any personal tax? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says odds are you don't live in one of them.
April 06, 2016 Bob Leins, host of Federal News Radio's For Your Benefit show, joins host Mike Causey to discuss what you should be doing for this tax filing season. April 6, 2016
April 05, 2016-
OPM awarded a new seven-year contract to John Hancock Life and Health Insurance Company to administer the federal long-term care insurance program.
April 05, 2016 -
Why would an out-of-shape D.C.-area federal worker retire and move to Washington state? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has a one-word answer: taxes.
April 05, 2016 -
All Federal Employee Health Benefit program carriers are required to cover applied behavior analysis (ABA) benefits for children on the autism spectrum this year. The Office of Personnel Management is also adding 19 performance standards to measure how well the program's carriers are doing.
March 31, 2016 -
Federal News Radio reporters Meredith Somers and Nicole Ogrysko join host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to discuss changes in commuter benefits and how the 2017 GOP budget proposal would affect feds. March 30, 2016
March 29, 2016 -
Federal News Radio speaks with the leader of DoD's New Beginnings program about the changes employees will see starting in April.
March 28, 2016 -
The House Budget Committee wants to cut non-Defense spending over the next 10 years even lower than what's called for under sequestration. It's calling for a 10 percent reduction in the civilian workforce through attrition.
March 25, 2016 -
Can being overly happy cut into your retirement nest egg? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says yes, and he has the guru to prove it.
March 23, 2016 The Performance Institute will host its 2016 Government Performance Summit in Washington, DC on May 16-18, 2016. March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016-
In retirement, it's not enough to juggle your annuity, Social Security and your savings. You have to watch your spending. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director at the National Institute of Transition Planning joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on hitting that moving retirement target.
March 18, 2016