Pay & Benefits
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Mike Causey says if Congress approves the 2019 budget, current and future employees under FERS could get smaller starting annuities when they retire.
February 14, 2018 -
The White House proposed a number of changes that would dramatically reshape the federal workforce and how federal workers are compensated.
February 14, 2018 -
How does the 2017 Tax Act affect your tax and estate plan? Find out when Washington area estate tax attorney Thomas O'Rourke joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. February 14, 2018
February 13, 2018 -
President Donald Trump's fiscal 2019 budget request includes several other recommendations that would change current retirement, health and other benefits for federal employees.
February 12, 2018 -
On this week’s FEDtalk, host Ben Carnes will be joined by Senior Executives Association (SEA) President Bill Valdez and Federal Times’ Jessie Bur to discuss current challenges (as well as current opportunities) facing federal leaders. February 9, 2018
February 09, 2018 -
Unlike previous two-year, bipartisan budget agreements, the Senate's latest deal does not use higher federal employee retirement contributions as an offset to a $300 billion spending boost over 2018 and 2019.
February 08, 2018 -
A highly-respected New York financial writer predicted that the U.S. stock market was long overdue for a correction of the type we saw on Monday.
February 07, 2018 -
Ahead of the president's fiscal 2019 budget request, set for release next Monday, the National Treasury Employees Union is warning its members of familiar proposals that may reappear.
February 07, 2018 -
If you've been a government employee for more than month, you know what a shutdown is, and if you haven't just wait.
February 06, 2018 -
Can a GS 5 civil servant at the National Institutes of Health become a millionaire by investing? This federal employee is doing everything she can to make that happen.
February 02, 2018 -
Congress is likely to take another run at the federal retirement program, but time may be on the side of federal workers and retirees for a change.
January 31, 2018 -
If you are a government worker, married to one or planning to be, there's a very important subject you should discuss while you can — divorce.
January 30, 2018 -
Federal News Radio's Tom Temin, Nicole Ogrysko, and Jory Heckman join host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to discuss President Trump's State of the Union address, plans to decentralize federal operations based on the D.C. area, and the outlook for feds in 2018. January 31, 2018
January 30, 2018 -
The number of federal workers with million dollar retirement accounts jumped from 16,000 in August to almost 24,000 by the end of 2017. So what happened?
January 29, 2018 -
In its annual call letter to Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) carriers, the Office of Personnel Management urged insurance companies to consider new ways to cut costs for the next year.
January 29, 2018