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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is looking to bring order and definition to the term 'paid administrative leave.' Grassley says the unchecked practice is leaving employees without answers or recourse, and taxpayers stuck with the bill.
December 04, 2015 -
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Complaints abound whenever anyone writes on changing any aspect of the Senior Executive Service. Jeff Neal, senior vice president of ICF International, addresses some of those issues and does some “myth busting” on the subject, while also offering some facts about the SES.
December 01, 2015 -
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The increases go into effect January 2016. The executive order comes one month after the Federal Pay Agent finalized its recommendation that the President give about 102,000 federal employees locality pay raises.
November 30, 2015 David Snell, director of retirement benefits at NARFE, joins host Mike Causey to go through the pros and cons of different health plans are available for both retirees and working feds. November 24, 2015
November 24, 2015-
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Salaries barely changed from fiscal 2013. But 12.2 percent more SES members received performance awards.
November 20, 2015 -
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Walton Francis, expert and adviser on federal health insurance joined Federal News Radio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey for an online chat about navigating FEHBP’s increases and plan eliminations for 2016.
November 19, 2015 -
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Federal employees are frustrated by long wait times and poor communication about why it's taking so long to change benefits during Open Season.
November 16, 2015 -
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With the defense authorization bill poised for President Obama's signature, Federal News Radio looks at certain provisions that will impact federal workers.
November 11, 2015 -
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The locality pay area list will include two new locations in 2017, if the Federal Pay Agent finalizes the Federal Salary Council's new recommendations. The Council says it's looking at new information now to add Virginia Beach, Virginia and Burlington, Vermont to the list. As Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko reports, new data will help the Council make more decisions on local federal salaries.
November 10, 2015 -
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Federal workers in the Washington-Baltimore area are due a locality pay raise next year, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it may be smaller than expected.
November 10, 2015 -
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The Council recommended adding Virginia Beach, Virginia and Burlington, Vermont to the list of 47 separate locality pay areas for 2017. It also suggested changing the criteria for establishing and adding new locality pay areas.
November 06, 2015 -
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Government zombies? The civil service version of the undead! Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says they exist and many of them are right in our backyard.
November 04, 2015 -
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The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is reviewing testimony from a hearing on improving pay flexibilities in the federal government. The committee heard from the Office of Personnel Management, civilian and military personnel officials, and representatives of federal employee unions. Bill Dougan, national president of the National Federation of Federal Employees, was one of the witnesses at the hearing. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to talk about his testimony.
November 02, 2015 -
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White-collar feds in 13 new or expanded locality pay zones are going to get a slight pay adjustment in 2016. While that's good news for them, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it may be bad news for feds in other areas.
October 29, 2015
