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Contractors who are doing very, very well helping Uncle Sam with national defense and homeland security stand to reap a major windfall in talent and dollars, if, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, Congress makes government a miserable place to work.
May 19, 2011 -
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Earl Tucker President, Council 224 Jim Marshall President, Council 215 Witold Skwierczynski President, Council 220 Agatha Joseph President, Council 109
May 18, 2011 -
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NARFE legislative director Dan Adcock, Federal Times editor Steve Watkins and senior reporter Sean Reilly join host Mike Causey to talk about legislation pending in Congress that affects your pay and retirement benefits. May 18, 2011
May 18, 2011 -
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Leaders in the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments say a new system that will let them jointly evaluate the disabilities of wounded servicemembers is a vast improvement over old procedures, but it will take another year or two before they can meet their goal of evaluating disabilities within 300 days.
May 18, 2011 -
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By Ruben Gomez Federal News Radio Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) is opposing a proposal that would require federal employees to increase their retirement contributions. The proposal, one of many aimed at reducing the federal deficit,…
May 18, 2011 -
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One year after the President called for improvements to how agencies hire workers, OPM Director Berry said KSAs, long job descriptions and the rule of three are mostly a thing of the past. On average, agencies are hiring new employees in 105 days and most job descriptions are five pages or fewer.
May 18, 2011 -
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Several defense contractors are hanging out a \"Help Wanted\" sign.
May 18, 2011 -
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Without action from Congress, the U.S. Postal Service will default on its obligations to future retirees\' health care accounts. Next up are payments to employees and vendors, the postmaster general told Congress Tuesday.
May 18, 2011 -
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The all-important pay and benefits package of federal and postal workers, and retirees, is under attack as never before. And while it is way too soon to panic, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you need to run down a checklist to see where things are. We\'ve got a team of experts standing by.
May 18, 2011 -
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Hiring reforms announced last year are working. John Palguta tells Federal News Radio the changes are more successful than many people realize.
May 17, 2011 -
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The way things are going on Capitol Hill, federal and postal workers seem to have only one of two choices, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey: they can retire before things get worse or decide to shelter in place because they may get worse yet.
May 17, 2011 -
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The amount of money you must pay to your retirement fund could be going up. The 2012 budget proposal from House Republicans would require you to contribute 6 percent of your salaries. That\'s a jump of more than 5 percent.
May 16, 2011 -
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The President\'s pay agent said federal employees should not receive locality pay adjustments in 2012, despite recommendations by the Federal Salary Council for an increase.
May 16, 2011 -
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What if Uncle Sam offered you an enhanced pension, a $50,000 one-shot payment and a pony to retire or take early retirement. Would you do it? Before you say yes, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there is a slight hitch you should be aware of.
May 16, 2011
