Hubbard Radio Washington DC, LLC. All rights reserved. This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area.
Randy Silvey, president of Silverlight Financial, highlights three kinds of federal employees who prepare for retirement. And like the three little pigs, the retirement plan made of bricks is the most prepared.
On this edition of “Disaster Resilience for America”, hosts Tim Karney and Tom Moran interview Dave Bailey, retired Manager of Safety, Health and Training, Re-training, Electrical and Communications from an American Electric Power (AEP) division.
Legislation to boost federal workers' pay by 5.3 percent is set to be introduced by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) The bill comes after President Barack Obama proposed a 1.6 percent increase in his fiscal 2017 budget.
Picking the right health plan could save some federal workers $5,000 in premiums, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says lots of people are not dancing in the streets.
Are you a two-person family? If so, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you've got about two weeks to give yourself a pay raise.
Mike Causey hosted health insurance expert Walton Francis for an online chat on the self-plus-one option currently being offered by the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program during the month of February.
Maybe two can’t live as cheaply as one, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the twosome can engineer an immediate $5,000 raise.
Cybersecurity tops the list of spending priorities at the Office of Personnel Management in 2017. But President Barack Obama's budget request also addresses several governmentwide initiatives the administration already started.
Walton Francis, editor of the Consumers' Checkbook Guide to Federal Health Plans, will answer your questions about the news self-plus-one health care option. February 10, 2016
On this edition of “Disaster Resilience for America”, hosts Tim Karney and Tom Moran interview Ron Hosko, the President of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund and the former assistant director of the FBI.
If you're thinking of retiring or maybe retired a bit early, Social Security has a couple of curve balls for you. One of them concerns claiming your benefits. The elimination of claiming strategies that takes place this year is something you need to keep in mind. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director at the National Institute of Transition Planning, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer some insight.
Wall Street is famous, some would say infamous, for its bonuses, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says Uncle Sam hands out a lot of cash attaboys too.
The American Federation of Government Employees, along with some members of Congress, said a 5.3 percent pay raise for civilian and military personnel isn't out of the question in 2017, after six years of nearly stagnant wages.
As usual, more federal employees filed for retirement in January than any other month in the last year. The Office of Personnel Management ended January with an inventory of 19,761 unprocessed claims.