Pay & Benefits

  • Budget negotiators from the White House and Congress have apparently identified some low hanging fruit waiting to be plucked, that Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says would reduce your take-home pay and your future retirement benefits.

    July 25, 2011
  • Efforts to avert a shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration failed Friday amid a disagreement over a $16.5 million cut in subsidies to 13 rural communities, ensuring that nearly 4,000 people will be temporarily out of work and federal airline ticket taxes will be suspended.

    July 23, 2011
  • STRATFOR Vice President Fred Burton will give you some travel security tips that you can use when visiting another country. July 22, 2011(Encore presentation August 5, 2011 and August 12, 2011)

    July 22, 2011
  • Hosts Bill Bransford and Tony Vergnetti are joined by Jon Adler, president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association. July 22, 2011

    July 22, 2011
  • Federal unions and associations haven\'t gotten far in their attempts to convince Congress not to cut federal workers\' salaries, retirement or resources. Now they\'re taking that message to the public through media spots and demonstrations.

    July 22, 2011
  • WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Dave McConnell joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss why the FAA funding bill was stymied by Congress and what the impending partial shutdown means.

    July 22, 2011
  • The Social Security Administration will close its field offices 30 minutes early, in an effort to save money on overtime.

    July 22, 2011
  • VA gets serious about making it easier for vets to access their benefits. More information from Leo Phalen, Va\'s director of Veterans Relationship Management.

    July 22, 2011
  • Unions are intensifying their cries against proposed cuts to federal workers\' pay and benefits.

    July 22, 2011
  • Financial planning tips for new feds from Registered employee benefit consultant Ed Zurndorfer

    July 22, 2011
  • Federal workers dodged a bullet in April when the government shutdown fizzled, and we all breathed a sign of relief when the world, as predicted, didn\'t end last May. Now we all face two new threats to jobs, benefits and services. So Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks, what are our odds?

    July 22, 2011
  • It\'s showtime for Congress, the White House and members of the federal family. Odds are, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says, you are not going to like what you see and hear for the next couple of weeks.

    July 21, 2011
  • The Office of Personnel Management is launching two surveys this summer, querying the federal workforce about employee benefits and members of the Senior Executive Service about hiring and retention.

    July 20, 2011
  • Bruce Moyer, spokesman for the Federal-Postal Coalition, joined Your Turn with Mike Causey to discuss the group\'s efforts to learn information about what a government default would mean for federal employees. The coalition, made up of scores of federal groups, sent a letter to administration officials last week seeking information about a possible shutdown, federal furloughs and the impact of a default on the assets of the G Fund of the Federal Employees\' Retirement System.

    July 20, 2011