Hubbard Radio Washington DC, LLC. All rights reserved. This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area.
Pay & Benefits
-
![]()
All but two of the Thrift Savings Plan funds posted negative numbers for September, according to monthly statistics released by the Federal Retirement Investment Board.
October 01, 2015 -
![]()
When the kids finally leave what do romantic federal couples do first? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the answer may be disturbing to some.
October 01, 2015 -
![]()
The defense authorization bill agreed upon by House and Senate negotiators would affect military pocketbooks in ways both big and small. It includes a 1.3 percent pay increase for uniformed service members but chips away at the military's pension system. In exchange for shrinking pensions, it encourages current troops — and mandates that future ones — invest in the Thrift Savings Plan.
September 30, 2015 -
![]()
Congress passed a 10-week temporary funding bill on Wednesday to keep open the government. The House voted 277-151 on the measure. It now heads to the White House for the president's signature.
September 30, 2015 -
![]()
Federal employees will pay more overall for their health insurance plans in 2016. The Office of Personnel Management rolled out the premium information for the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program and the rates are up over this year. Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller filled in In Depth with Francis Rose on the 2016 numbers and why they're higher than 2015.
September 30, 2015 -
![]()
Good news for tens of thousands of federal couples, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says a new health plan option called self-plus one could save them big bucks in 2016.
September 30, 2015 -
![]()
Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Rob Wittman (R-VA) introduced the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, which would secure retroactive pay for all federal employees during a government shutdown, regardless of furlough status.
September 29, 2015 -
![]()
Greg Stanford and Katie Maddocks of the Federal Managers Association and benefits expert Tammy Flanagan join host Mike Causey to discuss a pending pay raise for federal workers and retirees, the new self-plus one health care option and the possibility of a government shutdown. September 30, 2015
September 29, 2015 On this edition of “Disaster Relief for America”, hosts Tim Karney and Tom Moran interview Eric Epley, the Executive Director of the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma.
September 29, 2015-
![]()
The Office of Personnel Management released the FEHBP rates today for 2016, detailing the largest increase in recent memory and double that of 2015.
September 29, 2015 -
![]()
It turns out that not having a shutdown, which some said was an indicator of the end of democracy, is worse than having one. At least for some people.
September 29, 2015 -
![]()
Being a federal worker is a lot like being a fat, juicy rabbit trapped on a fox-infested island. That's because to some foxy politicians, civil servants are fat, juicy, defenseless targets. Some are on the hunt all the time, while others come out in the fall — the official hunting season.
September 28, 2015 -
![]()
Republican leadership in both chambers of Congress thinks it has a plan to get the government funded by Sept. 30 and avoid a shutdown. Jeri Buchholz is strategic business development adviser for FMP Consulting and she explains to In Depth with Francis Rose how preparing for the worst while hoping for the best is valuable advice.
September 25, 2015 -
![]()
As the deadline to pass a federal budget nears, agencies are starting to send out instructions to employees on what to do in case of a government shutdown.
September 25, 2015
