Pay & Benefits
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If your choices were to receive less now or more later, what would you do? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it depends on what "it" is.
May 25, 2016 -
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board customer service effort ExPRESS will provide an "end-to-end view" of communications between the board and TSP participants.
May 23, 2016 -
Long-term care is among the most expensive insurance options. Now everybody knows the 95-year-old widow who still mows the grass and shovels the snow herself, but the odds aren't that good. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director of the National Institute of Transition Planning, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how you might want to think about it.
May 23, 2016 -
If you could choose between a diet pay raise and a no-cal cost-of-living adjustment, which would you pick? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's a good problem to have.
May 23, 2016 -
Tune in to learn what the career workforce and political apparatus are doing to prepare for the 2017 Presidential transition! May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016 -
Has the buzz about long-shot beefed up federal buyouts got you thinking retirement? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says if you've been rethinking retirement you are in very good company.
May 18, 2016 When is the best time for you to retire from the federal government? Find out on this week's Your Turn when retired Foreign Service officer Dean Haas joins host Mike Causey to discuss what to do while in the planning stage. May 18, 2016
May 17, 2016-
What do buying a new car and taking a federal job buyout offer have in common? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says maybe more than you think.
May 17, 2016 -
The Senate version of the defense authorization bill has a much more modest approach to enrollment fees for TRICARE users.
May 16, 2016 -
The final details of the 2017 defense authorization bill remain a work in progress for the House and Senate, but one bargaining chip of the deal could undo some steep travel cuts for DoD employees.
May 13, 2016 -
Nervous in the civil service? Do you wish you'd gone into the private sector instead? If so, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has some encouraging words.
May 13, 2016 -
The Social Security Administration has a backlog of a million disability cases to process, but the leaders of a Senate oversight subcommittee say the agency's plan to reduce the backlog raises too many red flags about due process.
May 12, 2016 -
Could you use another $77 per month in your Social Security benefit? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it could happen if Congress OKs a name change.
May 11, 2016 -
The U.S. Postal Service fared better this financial quarter than it did last year, but the Postmaster General says Congress has been slow to remove a weight around the agency's neck.
May 10, 2016 -
A Senate panel's version of the 2017 defense authorization bill keeps the military pay raise at 1.6 percent, but expands some health care options.
May 10, 2016