Pay & Benefits

  • Ed Zurndorfer, registered employee benefit consultant, explains who and how to take advantage of the Roth option.

    May 13, 2011
  • Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has something to take your mind off the possibility of an extended pay freeze. Forget about that and concentrate on the highly-likely prospect of a 5 to 6 percent permanent pay cut.

    May 13, 2011
  • Members of the U.S. Postal Service\'s largest union voted Thursday to accept a new contract that includes a 3.5 percent raise and cost-of-living adjustments over four years.

    May 12, 2011
  • Relaxed conflict-of-interest regulations have been proposed that would allow feds to serve on the boards of nonprofit groups. To explain the rules, and changes, turn to attorney Debra Roth.

    May 12, 2011
  • Seventy percent of the Defense Information System Agency\'s workers are making the move to Ft. Meade, Md. DISA, however, is keeping the pipeline of potential new hires stocked and taking steps to improve the hiring process. Vendors also have not seen a large exit of employees, but could later this fall.

    May 12, 2011
  • The Washington area, with the nation\'s second worst traffic, is getting more cars and more federal workers. The BRAC changes will have an impact on locals and on you when you visit for fun or business. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wonders if it\'s as bad as most people say.

    May 12, 2011
  • Long Term Care Partners CEO Paul Forte and senior account manager Beth O\'Brien join host Mike Causey to answer your questions about the federal Long Term Care insurance program. May 11, 2011

    May 11, 2011
  • Scott Paul Executive Director, Alliance for American Manufacturing Barbara Heckman-Sauer 2nd Vice President, AFGE Local 2281 Robyn Kehoe Director of Field Operations, Federal Employee Education & Assistance Fund

    May 11, 2011
  • If you can\'t feed, dress or bathe yourself, how many people are standing in line to help? Unless you are a very cute baby the answer is probably not very many. Which is why Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says feds, now, need to consider the unthinkable and check out long term care insurance.

    May 11, 2011
  • Findings have been released for the 2011 (ISC)² Global Information Security Workforce Study.

    May 10, 2011
  • Retirement is happiness, right? Many say just being eligible to retire brings peace of mind, and actual retirement is heaven. But does it really work out like that? And Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wonders what if Congress changes the rules for people who are working and those who are already retired?

    May 10, 2011
  • If you\'re still looking ahead to paying for that education, you might get some help from your Thrift Savings Plan account.

    May 09, 2011
  • Sammies finalist, EPA\'s Katherine Antos, describes her work as \"very gratifying\". We find out why and what she\'s done to be a finalist.

    May 09, 2011
  • D.C. has the second worst traffic in the nation but if we play our cards right, we might be able to overtake Los Angeles just in time for your next visit to headquarters! Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says we\'ve identified the problem, now check out the solution.

    May 09, 2011