Pay & Benefits

  • Round numbers on Wall Street are drawing sharp interest. What should you be watching for? We ask CFP, Arthur Stein.

    January 28, 2011
  • Every time we have a snowstorm here in your very hilly nation\'s capital, survivors emerge the next morning with tales of the horror of their commute and the bravery they exhibited getting to and from work. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey examines the morning after.

    January 28, 2011
  • The Project on National Security Reform studied the human capital program for national security personnel - and found that it doesn\'t exist. The report\'s primary finding was that national security teams function in silos within each agency rather than collaborating across all agencies and levels of government.

    January 27, 2011
  • The speed of Wednesday\'s snowstorm and the fact that some federal employees didn\'t heed the two-hour dismissal collided to form a \"perfect storm\" of gridlock on the roads, Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry tells Federal News Radio. Berry says he always makes decisions on the operating status of the government by considering the safety of federal employees and how to maintain operations of the federal government to the greatest extent possible.

    January 27, 2011
  • The Supreme Court has refused to stop federal investigations into the private lives of people who want to work at government installations _ even those who don\'t have security clearances and don\'t work on secret projects. Debra Roth explains what\'s going on here.

    January 27, 2011
  • Every time it snows in Washington people in high places rediscover the joys of teleworking. So what are the odds you will be working from home in the next couple of years? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says don\'t sell your car just yet.

    January 27, 2011
  • Federal employee unions are preparing themselves for what could be a legislative battle over federal spending and job cuts. AFGE will lead a nationwide effort to change the conversation about the financial and social impact of federal employees. AFGE\'s president says verbal attacks against feds are the worst he\'s ever seen and he is disappointed that lawmakers aren\'t doing more to stop them.

    January 26, 2011
  • Feds have many questions about what Congress and President Barack Obama have in store for them in the years ahead. Federal Times experts Steve Watkins and Sean Reilly, and Carol Bonosaro, Senior Executive Association President, join Mike Causey to discuss these issues.

    January 26, 2011
  • Despite the federal pay freeze tens of thousands of Defense civilians have gotten or will get modest pay raises this year. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey reports all of them are part of the fast-fading National Security Personnel System which is exiting with a bang, not a whimper.

    January 26, 2011
  • Angela Bailey, the official leading the reform training teams, said phase one of the effort was successful. She plans to release new tools to help agencies even more.

    January 25, 2011
  • WFED\'s Mike Causey and Gov Exec\'s Tom Shoop tell federal employees what to watch for in tonight\'s address.

    January 25, 2011
  • Forget the OSCARS! The U.S. General Service Administration has recognized the best in public architecture and civilian federal workplaces at the 2010 GSA Design Awards. We get all the dish from Les Shepherd, GSA\'s Chief Architect.

    January 25, 2011
  • If you are a vintage movie buff, especially of science fiction classics, you may understand why the membership and the rhetoric of the new Congress reminds Senior Correspondent Mike Causey of one of his boyhood favorites from Hollywood: The Invasion of the Body Snatchers!

    January 25, 2011
  • The Federal Thrift Investment Board\'s Tom Trabucco answers more questions about withdrawing from your Thrift Savings Plan.

    January 24, 2011