Pay & Benefits
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When people get close to retirement their emotions range from joy to fear and panic. Sometimes all three. Here's how it worked for one former fed.
December 28, 2017 -
Federal News Radio counts down the Top 10 pay and benefits stories for 2017, a year that proved to be a bit of an emotional rollercoaster ride for federal employees.
December 22, 2017 -
Amid the threat of sequestration following the passage of President Donald Trump's tax reform bill, a bloc of House Democrats has warned House leadership of freezing federal employees' pay or reducing their benefits as a way to offset tax cuts.
December 22, 2017 -
Federal News Radio reporters Nicole Ogrysko, Scott Maucione and Meredith Somers will discuss 2017's top federal stories and the prospects for budget cuts, pay raises and buyouts in the new year.
December 20, 2017 -
Military and Defense Department employees will see some big changes to retirement and prescription drug copays starting next year.
December 20, 2017 -
The end of the year is approaching, and some employees will have to make a decision on whether to use or lose their FSA dollars.
December 19, 2017 -
Military households will only see a $10 increase on average in basic allowance for housing pay.
December 19, 2017 -
The retirement system is out of the woods for awhile and the new and revised Dec. 22 shutdown may not happen, but now there's a new threat: a zero pay raise in 2019.
December 18, 2017 -
If the Thrift Savings Plan offered federal employee investors a Bitcoin option, would you invest in it?
December 15, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the G fund becomes a political football each time Congress debates raising the debt ceiling, and that makes many investors nervous.
December 14, 2017 -
Tune in this week for a special encore presentation of our Fake News show with experts from Knight Foundation, Politifact, and American University. December 14, 2017
December 14, 2017 -
Uncle Sam's in-house 401(k) plan is changing, big time. The question is, will federal investors stick with it when they retire or leave government?
December 12, 2017 -
The Federal Government's in-house 401(k) plan -- the TSP -- is changing. How will it affect you? Find out when financial Arthur Stein joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn radio show. December 13, 2017
December 12, 2017 -
The federal health insurance hunting season ends today, meaning you still have time to save as much as $2,000 next year in premiums and out-of-pocket costs.
December 08, 2017 -
For the last seven months, federal workers have worried that the White House would scuttle their retirement plan.
December 06, 2017