Hubbard Radio Washington DC, LLC. All rights reserved. This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area.
On Air: Federal News Network
Pay
Federal retirement benefits are not going up in January but it gets worse. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the retirees will start 2016 in the hole.
October 19, 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 -
![]()
There likely won't be a cost of living adjustment for federal retirees and people who get Social Security. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains why.
October 15, 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 -
![]()
The more you try to compare federal and private salaries and benefits, the more complicated the topic becomes.
October 12, 2015 -
![]()
Low inflation makes a cost-of-living adjustment for federal retirees unlikely next year. If that happens it could make almost a million former federal employees a little poorer. Jessica Klement, legislative director for the National Active and Retired Federal Employees association, told In Depth with Francis Rose why Civil Service Retirement System retirees might see an income drop next year
October 12, 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 -
![]()
Cato says the average salary and benefits of the federal workforce, which consists of 2.1 million people, are 78 percent higher than the average salary of 111 million people in the private sector.
October 07, 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 -
![]()
The outlook for federal workers and retirees when it comes to income in 2016 is pretty grim, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
October 06, 2015 -
![]()
The defense authorization bill agreed upon by House and Senate negotiators would affect military pocketbooks in ways both big and small. It includes a 1.3 percent pay increase for uniformed service members but chips away at the military's pension system. In exchange for shrinking pensions, it encourages current troops — and mandates that future ones — invest in the Thrift Savings Plan.
September 30, 2015 -
![]()
Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Rob Wittman (R-VA) introduced the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, which would secure retroactive pay for all federal employees during a government shutdown, regardless of furlough status.
September 29, 2015 -
![]()
Greg Stanford and Katie Maddocks of the Federal Managers Association and benefits expert Tammy Flanagan join host Mike Causey to discuss a pending pay raise for federal workers and retirees, the new self-plus one health care option and the possibility of a government shutdown. September 30, 2015
September 29, 2015 -
![]()
Being a federal worker is a lot like being a fat, juicy rabbit trapped on a fox-infested island. That's because to some foxy politicians, civil servants are fat, juicy, defenseless targets. Some are on the hunt all the time, while others come out in the fall — the official hunting season.
September 28, 2015
