Pay
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Where do the best paid federal civil servants live and work? Is it D.C., Houston, New York City, San Francisco or Maysville, Kentucky?
January 10, 2018 -
The pay raise process established in the U.S. Code relies on federally-collected data, which should make it easy to predict a year in advance just what kind of a pay raise federal employees will be getting.
January 09, 2018 -
Some of the highest ranking, most experienced and talented federal workers in the Washington, D.C. area won't be getting a pay raise this month.
January 08, 2018 -
Federal News Radio breaks down locality pay: what it is, how affects your final salary and how it came to be.
January 05, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, unless Congress makes a change in any upcoming spending bills, the pay freeze placed on the Vice President and other senior political appointees will stay in place for this year.
January 05, 2018 -
Federal employees looking for major changes to locality pay will be disappointed in 2018, as the entities that typically make small but significant moves on federal salaries were largely inactive during the first year of the Trump administration.
January 04, 2018 -
With all of the proposals in recent years to cut the workforce, make it easier to fire people, change federal pay and more, it was safe to assume we would see a lot of action on civil service issues.
January 03, 2018 -
Will 2018 be another nerve-wracking time of congress going after feds' retirement benefits? Find out when Federal News Radio Reporters Nicole Ogrysko and Jory Heckman join host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. January 3, 2018
January 02, 2018 -
The secret to becoming a TSP millionaire, according to somebody who did it, is to invest in TSP through good and bad and keep at it for 28 years. Pay yourself first.
January 02, 2018 -
President Donald Trump signed off on an average pay increase for federal civilian workers of 1.4 percent and 2.1 percent for uniformed service members.
December 22, 2017 -
Federal News Radio reporters Nicole Ogrysko, Scott Maucione and Meredith Somers will discuss 2017's top federal stories and the prospects for budget cuts, pay raises and buyouts in the new year.
December 20, 2017 -
The end of the year is approaching, and some employees will have to make a decision on whether to use or lose their FSA dollars.
December 19, 2017 -
Military households will only see a $10 increase on average in basic allowance for housing pay.
December 19, 2017 -
There is no question that federal pay rules are in need of updating. But in the interim, freezing pay is not the best way to proceed.
December 14, 2017 -
A new report from Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Claire McCaskill cites a pre-decisional budget "passback" document, which indicates the Office of Management and Budget's plans to freeze pay for civilian employees in 2019.
December 13, 2017