Pay & Benefits

  • People whose military service was involuntarily extended or whose retirement was suspended between Sept. 11, 2001, and Sept. 30, 2009, have until March 4 to file for retroactive payments of $500 for each month of their extended service under the \"Stop Loss\" policy.

    February 21, 2011
  • Budget behemoth passes House without proposed amendments to withhold funding for within-grade increases or for promotions of federal employees. The House version of the continuing resolution proposes cutting $61 billion from hundreds of federal programs. The Senate is expected to propose holding spending at current levels.

    February 21, 2011
  • When it comes time to retire will you be financially able to pull the plug? For one in three Americans the answer is \'No\'. But for federal and postal employees, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the picture is much brighter and tells you how working feds can get hands on help.

    February 21, 2011
  • Teleworkers report higher job satisfaction in surveys. We learn about and unexpected reason why.

    February 21, 2011
  • The Social Security Administration wants to start talks about preparing for furloughs, according to a letter from the agency to the union representing SSA employees.

    February 18, 2011
  • With less than two months to go before taxes are due, we get some tips from registered employee benefit consultant, Ed Zurndorfer.

    February 18, 2011
  • The Air Force will ask Congress to fast-track additional authorities to allow the service to bring its uniformed service back into the statutory boundaries, Air Force leaders said Thursday.

    February 18, 2011
  • February is supposed to be the month of love, but for federal workers it\'s been more like the St. Valentine\'s Day Massacre. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants to know what\'s next.

    February 18, 2011
  • Dr. Don Berwick Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Former Congressman Bob Edgar (D-Pa.) President & CEO, Common Cause Susan Turnbull Chair, Maryland Democratic Party Brian Frayer Assistant Chief Shop Steward, AFGE Local 1401 Lance Parcell Shop Steward, AFGE Local 1101 Pete Kovac Shop Steward, AFGE Local 2302

    February 17, 2011
  • The poll relates to two amendments in the House that are proposing a freeze on step increases under the General Schedule.

    February 17, 2011
  • OPM has completed a governmentwide cybersecurity survey to approximately 50,000 employees and their supervisors who handle cybersecurity as part of their daily job responsibilities.

    February 17, 2011
  • In addition to the numerous amendments under consideration decreasing agency budgets and staffing levels, two new amendments would hit federal employees on the General Schedule, freezing all promotions across government.

    February 17, 2011
  • To make an omelette you have to break eggs, right? Using that recipe as his guide, the Speaker of the House says as many as 200,000 federal workers may have to go to help trim the deficit. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says this puts him in the running for two prestigious, competing awards.

    February 17, 2011
  • On this week\'s show, host Mike Causey talks with NTEU president Colleen Kelley and Federal Times\' Steve Watkins about different budget plans being considered and how they might hit you, or your agency, in the wallet.

    February 16, 2011