Pay & Benefits
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Five Department of Veterans Affairs employees were in the hot seat this week as they answered questions on an alleged scandal involving senior officials using an agency program for their personal and financial benefit.
November 04, 2015 -
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board approved changes in how the TSP allocates investments in its lifecycle funds.
October 28, 2015 -
Just weeks after new federal employees began placing their retirement savings into Lifecycle Funds by default, the board that governs the plans is considering changing how it allocates investments in the funds. Kim Weaver, director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, the panel that oversees the TSP, talked to In Depth with Francis Rose about the L funds, and some of the changes the board is looking at.
October 28, 2015 Katie Maddocks with the Federal Managers Association joins host Mike Causey to talk about the chances of a government shutdown, and legislation pending in Congress that would affect federal workers. October 28, 2015
October 27, 2015-
The Office of Personnel Management's Office of the Inspector General has issued a management alert warning that the agency's procurement process for certain benefits is outdated, creates a conflict of interest and could cause taxpayers to overpay on services.
October 27, 2015 Who better to provide insight into big issues facing the workforce other than those covering it? Tune in this week to FEDtalk for a roundtable discussion with reporters covering the federal beat. October 23, 2015.
October 23, 2015-
If the boss offered you a tax-deferred, 5 percent pay raise, would you take it? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says a lot of government workers say no.
October 23, 2015 -
More agencies utilized the federal student loan repayment program in fiscal 2014 to recruit and retain mission-critical employees than the year before. Funding for the program reached $58.7 million in 2014, compared with $52.9 million the previous year.
October 19, 2015 -
Federal retirement benefits don't have legislation in place to protect against fraud. Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) tells Francis Rose he plans to address that.
October 16, 2015 -
Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) are sponsoring the Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2015. It would protect federal retirees who rely on outside providers to manage their retirement savings and pension benefits. But it's not law yet. And knowing who you can trust can be tricky. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director for the National Institute of Transition Planning, shared some advice for finding that someone on In Depth with Francis Rose.
October 16, 2015 Financial planner Arthur Stein will talk about the pros and cons of the TSP Lifecycle funds, when he joins host Mike Causey on this week's edition of "Your Turn". October 14, 2015
October 13, 2015-
Catch up on the most buzzworthy federal stories of recent days and join the conversation in this new regular feature. Think of it as your cheat sheet to Federal News Radio.
October 12, 2015 Tune in this week to learn how the performance appraisal process is used to evaluate individual job performance connected to overall agency performance, and if it's actually working. October 9, 2015.
October 09, 2015-
Federal workers are 1 percentage point happier this year than they were in 2014. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says this is a giant leap for mankind, sort of.
October 09, 2015 -
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote a letter to the Justice Department pushing for action on this latest scandal at the Veterans Affairs Department.
October 06, 2015