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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.
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.
The Office of Personnel Management received fewer new federal retirement claims than it processed in April, allowing the agency to cut its once-sizable backlog down to a more manageable size.
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.
The first estimates of the savings realized from the House's plan to reform TRICARE come in around $7 billion.
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.
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
On this edition of “Disaster Relief for America”, hosts Tim Karney and Tom Moran interview Karen Durham-Aguilera, P.E., the Director of Contingency Operations and Office of Homeland Security, Headquarters, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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.
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.
Depending on whose numbers you believe, federal workers are either overpaid by 34 percent or underpaid by 25 percent compared to the private sector.
The VA Commission on Care recently proposed privitizing parts of the Veterans Health Administration. Good idea or bad, when it's fully aired it's sure to spark a new national argument. Charles Tiefer, law professor and former House of Representatives counsel, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Reforms in the 2017 defense authorization bill add enrollment fees to TRICARE to try to bring down government costs.