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When will the government's long-awaited phased retirement program begin? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's likely to be approved and announced before the end of Donald Trump's first term as president.
Contractors will have to give employees paid sick leave under an executive order the New York Times reports President Barack Obama will sign. Josh Alloy is counsel for Arnold and Porter's labor and employment group. He writes an advisory about what companies will have to do and what they should be planning to do. Alloy tells In Depth with Francis Rose that the scope of the executive order is pretty comprehensive.
Federal News Radio gleaned some interesting facts from retirement data recently released by the Office of Personnel Management. Take our quiz and test your knowledge of federal retirement.
Lots of federal workers think they would be better off as federal contractors, to which contractors say no way. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says they each have a point, up to a point.
Tony Reardon will ascend from his role as executive vice president to replace Colleen Kelley as the head of the National Treasury Employees Union.
More people seem to be delaying retirement. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the real question is will you ever be able to retire or is this as good as it gets?
Tammy Flanagan with the National Institute of Transition Planning joins host Mike Causey to discuss what you should consider as you plan your retirement from the federal government. August 12, 2015
On this edition of “Disaster Relief for America”, hosts Tim Karney and Tom Moran interview Ralph Basham, the former Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection.
Did you ever wonder why some government workers get teary-eyed when they talk about their jobs? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey thinks he's got the answer and it's not pretty.
In this week's Inside the DoD Reporter's Notebook, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work tells the deputy chief management officer to come up with an implementation strategy for a “rationalized” Pentagon organizational chart.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald says he's baffled by the way the federal government tends to separately brand each one of its IT offerings, especially its public-facing ones.
With two months to go in the COLA countdown for January 2016, it appears unlikely retirees will get any adjustment next year. The CPI-W will be announced later this month, but all indications say there won't be a COLA in January, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
Premiums are going up for new enrollees to the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program. The average increase is about 30 percent — but it depends on your age and your policy. Tammy Flanagan is senior benefits director for the National Institute of Transition Planning. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose that price hikes to the long term care insurance are just one example where your expenses during retirement might be higher than you expected.
Sens. James Lankford's (R-Okla.) and Heidi Heitkamp's (D-N.D.) retirement fraud reduction bill made it through the Senate on Wednesday. The bill criminalizes misusing federal retirement funds as a felony.