Pay & Benefits

  • President Obama said Friday that agencies might leave some vacancies as the administration figures out how to save money, The Washington Post reports.

    October 15, 2010
  • October 15th is here, and with it, another deadline. Ed Zurndorfer explains.

    October 15, 2010
  • If Congress decides to give you a 10 day furlough, would you want it one-day at a time or in all at once? We asked feds about furlough options and Senior Correspondent Mike Causey finds they have some very interesting, creative, thoughts on the subject.

    October 15, 2010
  • Bruce Johnson WUSA 9 Reporter and Weekend Anchor Jacque Simon AFGE Public Policy Director Arlene Holt Baker AFL-CIO Executive Vice President

    October 14, 2010
  • Barlow explains the Burr under his saddle.

    October 14, 2010
  • Weighing privacy vs. security after 9/11, the Supreme Court seems unwilling 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. Attorney Debra Roth explains.

    October 14, 2010
  • A Yemen-based terrorist group has suggested that attacking Washington restaurants full of federal workers would be a good way to get lots of publicity. While it is a deadly serious threat, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there is a flaw in the plan.

    October 13, 2010
  • Do you remember the good old days of double-digit certificates of deposit? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that even in these lean times some long-time feds still have an exclusive investment option that beats the competition.

    October 13, 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. October 13, 2010

    October 12, 2010
  • A Congressional Budget Office report estimates health care costs for veterans will rise 45 to 75 percent in the next decade, Army Times reports.

    October 12, 2010
  • When it comes to the Thrift Savings Plan, feds are told that its always best to take the long-range view of this vehicle for your retirement savings. This was true for the month of September, as we learn in the latest edition of our monthly feature, \"TSP Snapshot\". Guest analyst Arthur Stein, a certified financial planner with SPC Financial in Rockville, says the keyword last month was \"recovery\". Also: a primer on the C Fund.

    October 12, 2010
  • When it returns for a post-election session, a grumpy, angry Congress may take up a proposal to furlough federal workers for up to two weeks next year. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wonders, is there another solution? Like maybe working holidays!

    October 12, 2010
  • Host Derrick Dortch talks with Christopher Harmon, the Major General Matthew C. Horner Chair of Military History at the Marine Corps University about the book \"Towards a Grand Strategy Against Terrorism.\" October 8, 2010

    October 11, 2010
  • Learn more from a recent report done by TheLadders

    October 11, 2010