Pay & Benefits

  • Fiddling around with your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) account too much could hurt your wallet. Federal News Radio spoke with Tom Trabucco, director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, about problems that could arise.

    June 06, 2011
  • Republican leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee introduced a bill to reduce the size of the federal government by 10 percent, codifying the deficit commission\'s recommendation. The legislation also would not let agencies hire contractors to replace federal workers unless there is a \"financial advantage to the government.\"

    June 06, 2011
  • A lot has changed in the last 20 years, especially for women who work in the federal government. We get details from MSPB\'s James Tsugawa and Cynthia Ferentinos.

    June 06, 2011
  • Feds who goof off on the job, or who spend all day surfing the net, watching the clock or on personal business are in for trouble. Congress is coming. So why are the vast majority of civil servants not quaking in their boots? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey tells all.

    June 06, 2011
  • Linda Strating, docent at the Washington National Cathedral joins host Derrick Dortch to talk about what visitors will see when they take the cathedral\'s Service and Sacrifice tour. June 3, 2011 (Encore Presentation)

    June 03, 2011
  • Open season is coming to a close and we have some last minute advice from Tammy Flanagan, Senior benefits Director at the National institute of Transition Planning.

    June 03, 2011
  • OPM revises the 2210 job family to include this new title as part of the White House\'s IT reform plan.

    June 03, 2011
  • More federal agencies are offering their employees money to quit. Federal News Radio spoke with certified financial planner Arthur Stein about the factors you should consider when thinking about a buyout.

    June 03, 2011
  • Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) updates Federal News Radio on BRAC, the budget and other issues affecting federal workers.

    June 03, 2011
  • For some time now, feds and retirees have been under constant siege, denounced by politicians as overpaid, underworked and unnecessary drones. And while they have every reason to worry, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey notes some are worrying about minor threats while the ignoring big-ticket changes lying just around the corner.

    June 03, 2011
  • The man leading the transition of more than 200,000 defense civilian workers into new pay systems has accepted a job at the Missile Defense Agency.

    June 02, 2011
  • House Oversight and Government Reform members disagreed on the whether federal employees should perform union activities during the work day. A bill banning official time has been introduced which AFGE says would all but end collective bargaining rights.

    June 02, 2011
  • Coming soon to a federal agency near you: buyouts. So do you fit the profile? Are you buyout bait or, asks Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, will you be the last person left to turn out the lights?

    June 02, 2011
  • Senior Executive Association President Carol Bonosaro will talk about the work being done by the organization. June 3, 2011

    June 01, 2011