Pay & Benefits
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Identity theft robs federal agencies in two ways. First, as many have found in recent years, the data they hold on citizens, and especially those who apply for benefits, is an attractive target for hackers looking to steal and resell identities. Second, agencies lose when they pay benefits to people who filed or applied using stolen or made-up identities.
February 18, 2016 -
Do you have an escape route from your job, the date you plan to retire? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you actually need two sets of numbers.
February 17, 2016 What are your best date(s) to retire? Federal benefits expert Tammy Flanagan will answer that question when she joins host Mike Causey on Your Turn. February 17, 2016
February 16, 2016-
Randy Silvey, president of Silverlight Financial, highlights three kinds of federal employees who prepare for retirement. And like the three little pigs, the retirement plan made of bricks is the most prepared.
February 16, 2016 -
Picking the right health plan could save some federal workers $5,000 in premiums, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says lots of people are not dancing in the streets.
February 12, 2016 -
Are you a two-person family? If so, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you've got about two weeks to give yourself a pay raise.
February 11, 2016 -
Maybe two can’t live as cheaply as one, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the twosome can engineer an immediate $5,000 raise.
February 10, 2016 Walton Francis, editor of the Consumers' Checkbook Guide to Federal Health Plans, will answer your questions about the news self-plus-one health care option. February 10, 2016
February 09, 2016-
If you're thinking of retiring or maybe retired a bit early, Social Security has a couple of curve balls for you. One of them concerns claiming your benefits. The elimination of claiming strategies that takes place this year is something you need to keep in mind. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director at the National Institute of Transition Planning, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer some insight.
February 09, 2016 -
Democrats and Republicans both agree the Postal Service needs congressional help to better its budget, but getting there is a tougher problem.
February 04, 2016 -
Could you use $100 a week raise? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says if you're a family of two it's a matter of changing health plans.
February 04, 2016 -
Do you know the difference between retirement planning and estate planning? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says most people don’t and it can cost them and their loved ones big time.
February 03, 2016 Tune in to FEDtalk this week as host Julie Perkins otalks to FMA’s Todd Wells, Greg Stanford, and Katie Maddocks. February 5, 2016
February 02, 2016-
Why are many federal couples like the kid who never got the Christmas pony he wanted? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey sums it up in two words -- health insurance.
February 02, 2016 -
Even though we've lived through a city-flattening blizzard, the advent of a bear market and umpteen presidential debates on TV, the year is still young. You still have time to do some careful planning on the financial front. Joining Federal Drive with Tom Temin with some predictions for what Congress will do to and about the federal workforce this year is Jessica Klement, legislative director of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association.
February 01, 2016