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What are the financial prospects for the 4,000 furloughed FAA employees and for other feds who might be temporarily laid off when Congress gets back to inaction? Senior correspondent Mike Causey says there are $1,000 no-interest loans coming next week.
August 05, 2011 -
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A bill introduced this week in the Senate proposes to extend the current federal pay freeze for three more years and cut the federal workforce by 15 percent.
August 04, 2011 -
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The 40 safety inspectors working despite being a part of the 4,000 furloughed employees during the Federal Aviation Administration\'s budget impasse in Congress are deemed essential or critical employees.
August 04, 2011 -
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A new ongoing series by Federal News Radio tells the stories of long-time federal employees.
August 04, 2011 -
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Want deficit reduction, a cure for unemployment and longer, silkier eyelashes? It\'s all there in in the new Congressional-White House compromise, senior correspondent Mike Causey says. But to be safe, check the fine print.
August 04, 2011 -
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Host Mike Causey is joined by Daniel Hirsch, State vice president of the American Foreign Service Association. Steve Losey and Sean Reilly from the Federal Times also join the show.
August 03, 2011 -
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A new memo from OPM details the efforts to standardize and improve the Senior Executive Service\'s performance management system. A task force of 10 agencies will develop the new process using public and private-sector best practices. Once finished, OPM expects agencies to implement the system over the next two years.
August 03, 2011 -
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Congress failed Tuesday to act on an FAA reauthorization bill before the adjournment of both houses for the August recess. The failure to act will extend the furlough of 4,000 workers into mid-September.
August 03, 2011 -
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What\'s the primary difference between a mid-career federal civil servant and a mature turkey? One thing they have in common is a Thanksgiving deadline, senior correspondent Mike Causey says.
August 03, 2011 -
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Congress appeared poised Tuesday to adjourn for their summer recess without coming to an agreement on an FAA reauthorization bill. The failure to act would extend the furlough of 4,000 workers into mid-September. \"We haven\'t done our jobs,\" Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) told Federal News Radio Tuesday morning, calling Congress \"dysfunctional.\"
August 02, 2011 -
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Dan Adcock, the legislative director of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association told Federal News Radio that the initial round of budget savings imposed by the debt-limit deal is only the first round of possible cuts to agencies and federal pay and benefits.
August 02, 2011 -
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is urging Congress to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration before lawmakers fly home for the August break. LaHood said 4,000 FAA employees, about 70,000 workers in the private sector and more than 200 airport projects are depending on them.
August 02, 2011 -
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The end of the world as Washington knows it was supposed to take place today. But it has been fixed by the people who almost caused it. And your pension check, your pay check and your job are safe. For now.
August 02, 2011 -
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Tom Trabucco, the Director of External Affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, explains why you don\'t have to worry about the debt impacting your TSP.
August 01, 2011
