Pay & Benefits

  • Christmas Day is on a Saturday, the holiday is on a Friday, so what, if anything happens on Thursday? Will you get extra time off like last year, or have things changed. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey gives you the history of the ghosts of Christmas past.

    December 15, 2010
  • The $1.1 trillion Senate omnibus bill would authorize President Obama\'s pay freeze proposal. But it protects against furloughs or reductions-in-force. The Senate\'s bill would replace the House\'s version, which is a continuing resolution. Lawmakers must approve a bill before Dec. 19 when the current CR expires.

    December 14, 2010
  • The Federal Drive\'s Amy Morris said the top story of 2010 was the proposed pay freeze.

    December 14, 2010
  • Federal benefits expert Tammy Flanagan joins host Mike Causey with details on the Voluntary Contribution Program. They\'ll discuss how it works, who can join it, and how it would work with a Roth option. December 15, 2010 (Encore Presentation)

    December 14, 2010
  • The agency issued a proposed rule expanding and clarifying what a positions could impact the country through access to information or weapons.

    December 14, 2010
  • Contract negotiations between SSA and AFGE won\'t be going forward without the help of a special mediator.

    December 14, 2010
  • The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act has passed the Senate, but the debate lives on. We get opinions from the National Whistleblowers Center, a member of Congress, and good-government group the Partnership for Public Service.

    December 14, 2010
  • Has the proposed social security tax cut triggered a civil war in your office? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says in some locations there is a major rift between younger workers under the FERS system who would get the break and their older CSRS colleagues who won\'t get it.

    December 14, 2010
  • Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board\'s Tom Trabucco joins the DorobekINSIDER with the latest on your Thrift Savings Plan.

    December 13, 2010
  • Federal News Radio senior correspondent Mike Causey offers some last-minute tips for open season.

    December 13, 2010
  • The National Security Agency plans to hire 1000 cybersecurity professionals in the next year. NSA\'s Associate Director for Human Resources, Kathy Hutson, told us how they plan to do that.

    December 13, 2010
  • With the emphasis on \"should.\" Without Senate passage of federal funding, the current continuing resolution expires Saturday night. The President\'s proposed pay freeze is part of the funding package passed by the House last week and is now in the hands of the Senate.

    December 13, 2010
  • If you guessed that some people are hopping mad over the plan to freeze federal pay but defrost social security taxes you would be correct, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey. And how.

    December 13, 2010
  • The report comes as Congress and the administration are considering a two-year pay freeze. The White House held 2011 locality pay at the 2010 levels. The council also wants to add six new cities to the locality pay list.

    December 10, 2010