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Would you like to save $2,000 on your federal health insurance next year? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's easy to do if you know where to listen.
Federal benefits expert Walton Francis, author of the Checkbook Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees, joins host Mike Causey to answer your questions and emails about FEHBP open season. November 11, 2015
On this edition of “Disaster Relief for America”, hosts Tim Karney and Tom Moran interview Dick Price, Chief Business Continuity Officer and Director Professional Services Operations (Ret.) at Verizon Corporate.
The locality pay area list will include two new locations in 2017, if the Federal Pay Agent finalizes the Federal Salary Council's new recommendations. The Council says it's looking at new information now to add Virginia Beach, Virginia and Burlington, Vermont to the list. As Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko reports, new data will help the Council make more decisions on local federal salaries.
Federal workers in the Washington-Baltimore area are due a locality pay raise next year, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it may be smaller than expected.
The Council recommended adding Virginia Beach, Virginia and Burlington, Vermont to the list of 47 separate locality pay areas for 2017. It also suggested changing the criteria for establishing and adding new locality pay areas.
Bob Tobias, a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at American University, counts down the week's top federal stories with Francis Rose.
Take control of your long term care benefits this Open Season. Learn about their “virtual benefits fair,” why it’s never too early to sign up for long term care, and what packages Long Term Care Partners provides. At the virtual benefits fair, you can easily find the information you need to review plan information, contact individual carrier representatives, and make decisions about your Federal benefits. Sign up to attend on November 18, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET. November 6, 2015.
After two months of posting negative returns, the Thrift Savings Plan funds all posted positive numbers for the month of October.
Open Season online chat with Walton Francis.
The Office of Personnel Management has new metrics for reporting its progress on monthly retirement claims. OPM also made a sizable dent in its retirement backlog in October, which dropped by about 2,000 cases.
Five Department of Veterans Affairs employees were in the hot seat this week as they answered questions on an alleged scandal involving senior officials using an agency program for their personal and financial benefit.
Government zombies? The civil service version of the undead! Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says they exist and many of them are right in our backyard.
On this special rebroadcast of “Disaster Relief for America”, hosts Tim Karney and Tom Moran interview Marygrace Parker of the I-95 Corridor Coalition.