Pay & Benefits

  • TSP\'s Director of External Affairs explains why the TSP is such a good value.

    May 27, 2009
  • Guests - Andrew O\'Keeffe, author \"The Boss\" and Ed Zurndorfer, Registered Employee Benefits Consultant

    May 27, 2009
  • By Max Cacas FederalNewsRadio The Office of Personnel Management has issued new guidance to all federal agencies designed to boost the number of feds eligible to telework. Included in that guidance is an idea that…

    May 27, 2009
  • Editor’s note: Mr. Causey is under the weather. The following is mostly from a column originally published on April 16, 2009. If April showers bring May flowers, Mayflowers bring pilgrims and post-nasal drip. Get well…

    May 27, 2009
  • It’s near the end of the month. So, how did your TSP do? We turn to Tom Trabucco, Director of External Affairs for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, who’s joining us on a Tuesday…

    May 26, 2009
  • The stock market is down about 40 percent from its 2007 high point. But you probably knew that. While it is perfectly human to personalize things, especially when we take a hit, the fact of…

    May 26, 2009
  • Forty one years (and about 41 pounds) ago, a teenage soldier took part in ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery honoring the unknown soldier from the Korean War. That kid, if he was a lot skinnier…

    May 25, 2009
  • NASA was recently named as one of the Best Places to Work in the federal government by the recently released Best Places to Work Survey. That was published by the Partnership for Public Service earlier…

    May 22, 2009
  • Starting a federal career could soon become an even more attractive prospect for college graduates facing a very tough, and shrinking private sector job market. The government is considering a plan that, if adopted, would…

    May 21, 2009
  • Guest - Art Stein, Certified Financial Planner

    May 20, 2009
  • Sniffing the air for anthrax has never been more high-tech. Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have come up with sensors that can diagnose infectious diseases, track airborne toxins and even detect explosives in…

    May 20, 2009
  • Is pay for performance working at your agency? The Pentagon doesn’t know the answer to that question, so they’ve set up a three-member task force to find the answer. The panel includes management experts from…

    May 20, 2009
  • Each year, federal retirees get a cost-of-living adjustment. But in 2010 – they might get nothing at all. We find out more from Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey who explains how Deflation could…

    May 19, 2009
  • Is your agency one of the best places to work in the federal government? New rankings will be released tomorrow by the Partnership for Public Service. John Palguta is the vice president for policy at…

    May 19, 2009