Pay & Benefits

  • Senators announced a bipartisan plan Wednesday to help keep the financially ailing Postal Service solvent while offering incentives to trim its workforce.

    November 02, 2011
  • The Office of Personnel Management debuts a series of webcasts to educate federal employees about the Open Season process.

    November 02, 2011
  • The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will vote on legislation to cut the federal workforce by 10 percent. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), proposes replacing only one of every three employees that leave. The committee also will mark up several other bills including the civilian property disposal act and a data transparency act.

    November 02, 2011
  • Benefits expert John Elliott joins Your Turn with Mike Causey with advice for federal employees after pre-retirement preparation.

    November 02, 2011
  • Mike welcomes Steve Losey of the Federal Times and benefits expert John Elliott.

    November 02, 2011
  • After years of being asleep at the health-insurance switch, it appears that many federal workers and retirees are actually doing more than complaining about higher premiums, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

    November 02, 2011
  • More than 400 people must leave the Air Force by early 2012, as part of an initiative to trim the military branch\'s officer cadre. Air Force leaders are also targeting enlisted service members.

    November 01, 2011
  • Would you quit your job for a relatively small cash payment and a 0.3 percent raise?That\'s the choice facing thousands of federal workers this month, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

    November 01, 2011
  • Tom Trabucco, director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, shared October TSP returns.

    October 31, 2011
  • Is it more important to provide insurance for your family after you\'ve gone, or while you are still around but pretty much helpless? It\'s a dollars-and-sense option people should check out, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

    October 31, 2011
  • Veterans with mental health issues receive care comparable to that available in the private sector but the care falls short of standards set by the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a new report. Dr. Kate Watkins, who conducted the study for the RAND Corporation, told Federal News Radio where VA has succeeded and where it has failed.

    October 28, 2011
  • Are you better off financially slogging it to work or sleeping in five days a week. Some people say that all things considered they would be better off as a retiree than as an office serf. So do the math, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

    October 28, 2011
  • A rare public hearing of the supercommittee suggests members aren\'t close to developing a plan to cut more than $1 trillion from the federal deficit over 10 years. Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf warned them that cuts to discretionary funding, including feds\' pay, would not solve the problem.

    October 27, 2011
  • A picture is starting to form about what federal and postal workers can expect from Congressional budget-cutters. And as you probably suspected, it isn\'t pretty, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.

    October 27, 2011