Pay & Benefits
What, if any, changes should you make to your coverage in the federal long term care insurance program? Paul Forte and Joan Melanson with Long Term Care Partners will answer that question and explain the long-term care insurance dilemma when they join host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn radio show. September 21, 2016
September 20, 2016-
What would it take to lure you out of your federal job? Senior correspondent Mike Causey asks if a $40,000 buyout would make you think of taking retirement.
September 19, 2016 -
The Oversight and Government Reform Committee unanimously approved the Transit Benefits Modernization Act to let federal employees in the D.C. metro area user “digital transportation companies” such as Uber or Lyft, to get to work during the subway repair effort.
September 15, 2016 -
The American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, has pushed for reversing per diem travel cuts for defense civilian employees in the final version of the bill.
September 15, 2016 John Grobe, author of "The Answer Book on Your Federal Employee Benefits", joins host Mike Causey to discuss what feds should consider when making decisions about their group life insurance packages. September 14, 2016
September 13, 2016-
Tune in to learn what the career workforce and political apparatus are doing to prepare for the 2017 Presidential transition! September 9, 2016
September 09, 2016 -
Does your age or your health make life insurance too expensive? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says if you work for Uncle Sam September is your lucky month.
September 07, 2016 Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko joins host Mike Causey to discuss the Federal Employee Group Life Insurance program open season and Shane Canfield will discuss the Worldwide Assurance for Employees of Public Agencies program. September 7, 2016
September 06, 2016-
Congress will hold hearings on the 83 percent premium increase in federal long term care insurance premiums. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks 'and then what?'
September 06, 2016 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey's got three great federal pay jokes, but he can only tell one of them.
September 02, 2016 -
For the first time in 12 years, the Office of Personnel Management will hold an open season for eligible employees to sign up or choose from several types of coverage options under the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program. The open season will run from Sept. 1 through Sept. 30.
August 31, 2016 -
If you work for the federal government, are retired from government or are married to a fed, then Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it’s time to hit your reset button.
August 31, 2016 Federal News Radio's Jason Miller, Meredith Somers, and Mike O'Connell join host Mike Causey to discuss the Pathways Program, the upcoming health and life insurance open seasons, and the nearly useless factoid that appears in Mike's daily column. August 31, 2016
August 30, 2016-
TSA released a determination on collective bargaining on Aug. 25, which changed some of the rules between the agency and the union. AFGE and TSA are currently involved in extended contract negotiations after TSA employees voted down the agreement reached in late 2015.
August 30, 2016 -
A rare enrollment period will open next month for the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance program. You'll need to think about how much insurance you really need, and whether you want to keep it until retirement. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director for the National Institute of Transition Planning, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to sort it all out.
August 29, 2016