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The Senate may consider raising the value of all federal buyouts from $25,000 to $40,000, though it's unlikely to happen this year.
The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will consider more than a dozen bills impacting the federal workforce this week. Here are a few worth watching.
Will the U.S. Senate raise the value of all federal buyouts? Find out this week when Greg Stanford, legislative director of the Federal Managers Association, joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. October 4, 2017
The Thrift Savings Plan saw all but one of its funds show significant improvement in September, and recovered from a late-summer downturn.
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that if health premiums jump as expected, folks will have to shop for a lower-cost plan, regardless of a pay raise and COLA.
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduced new legislation that would increase the maximum VSIP from $25,000 to $40,000 for both federal civilian and defense employees.
A majority of Federal News Radio survey respondents said a recent Cato study comparing their pay against the private sector fails to provide enough context on the issue.
Some studies say federal workers are paid 30 percent, less on average, than private-sector workers. Other experts say feds are getting as much as 70 percent more. Who's right?
Whenever you hear someone making an argument about pay and benefits, begin with an understanding of what is being compared.
If you work for the government, the odds of you getting a $20,000-$40,000 buyout are about the same as getting hit by lightning while standing in a field pretending to be a cow.
The odds of you getting a $20,000-$40,000 buyout are slim so what can you do to build your retirement nest egg? Find out when federal benefits expert Tammy Flanagan joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. September 27, 2017
How much financial and investing advice should you give to a career civil servant who's got a million-and-a-half dollars in his Thrift Savings Plan?
In yet another study on federal employee compensation finds public sector workers, on average, earn 80 percent more than private sector workers.
Federal workers have worried that Congress will base their pensions on a less generous formula. Mike Causey says there's nothing to worry about ... yet.