Pay & Benefits
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If you are puzzled, bewitched, bothered and bewildered by the congressional budget process, it means that you have been paying attention.
October 24, 2017 -
Are federal workers (finally) voting with their feet by putting in their retirement papers in record numbers? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey is unsure.
October 20, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says many feds are afraid that Congress will change retirement rules, forcing them to pay lots more and get lots less.
October 18, 2017 -
If you were like most people invested in the stock market 10 years ago, you were riding high. Then you were in shock and awe as your retirement nest egg began to melt away.
October 17, 2017 -
To combat the Army's nondeployability problem, the service wants to add deployment pay and cut tuition assistance for non-deployable soldiers.
October 16, 2017 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bill to let Thrift Savings Plan participants make more withdrawals from the TSP passes the House and heads to the Senate.
October 12, 2017 -
Are you worried about what happens when the long overdue stock market correction hits? Do you remember the dark, scary years of the Great Recession?
October 11, 2017 -
Are you concerned about how a long-over due stock market correction would affect your TSP accounts? Tune in to this week's Your Turn when financial planner Arthur Stein explains what you can do to protect your retirement nest egg. October 11, 2017
October 10, 2017 -
Despite dire news regarding their pay and pension plan, there may be light at the end of the tunnel for feds, if they choose to flex their political muscle.
October 10, 2017 -
Plenty of proposals exist that suggest significant changes to the federal retirement system. Financial planners say federal employees should hope for the best and plan for the worst.
October 09, 2017 -
Federal retirement expert Tammy Flanagan provides a rundown on the paperwork you will need to keep in mind for your own retirement.
October 05, 2017 -
The 2018 federal health premiums are out and overall premiums are going up an average of 6 percent.
October 05, 2017 -
The Office of Personnel Management announced the average premium rate increases for 2018 ahead of open season, which runs from Nov. 13 through Dec. 11.
October 04, 2017 -
The Senate may consider raising the value of all federal buyouts from $25,000 to $40,000, though it's unlikely to happen this year.
October 04, 2017 -
Will the U.S. Senate raise the value of all federal buyouts? Find out this week when Greg Stanford, legislative director of the Federal Managers Association, joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. October 4, 2017
October 03, 2017