Retirement
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The Office of Personnel Management is trying to tackle its retirement services backlog with more staff and upgraded technology.
January 18, 2012 -
What do younger federal workers have in common with the Javan Rhino, the Hawaiian Monk Seal and the Giant Chinese Salamander? All of them are on the rare or endangered species list, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. But that may be about to change.
January 17, 2012 -
TSA is offering targeted early retirements, but certain mission-critical employees cannot apply. NGA is offering 150 buyouts.
January 13, 2012 -
The Internal Revenue Service has decided to offer a limited number of buyouts to many of the same employees who were asked if they would take $25,000 to retire last year. Other agencies are also making plans for limited, quick-decision buyouts.
January 12, 2012 -
Reading about buyouts is as exciting and unrewarding as hearing about million-dollar lottery winners, unless you find out you may have one of the winning tickets, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
January 12, 2012 -
More than 320,000 government jobs disappeared over the last two years and while that\'s a lot, it is relatively good news for people who work for IRS, Defense, the VA and other federal operations, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
January 09, 2012 -
That wave you see out there just could be the long-anticipated retirement tsunami, and if coupled with expanded buyout offers it could create the perfect storm, Senor Correspondent Mike Causey says. So, is your lifeboat ready?
January 06, 2012 -
A list of agencies considering or offering buyouts and early retirements in 2012.
January 05, 2012 -
What kind of people worked during the dead-zone period between Christmas and New Year\'s? their reasons and motives might surprise you, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
January 05, 2012 -
Your Turn with Mike Causey welcomed retirement expert David Snell of NARFE and Federal Times\' Sean Reilly and Steve Losey.
January 04, 2012 -
When they take the plunge into retirement, about half of all federal and postal workers do it in December or January, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. So is that a quirk of the calendar, or something else.
January 04, 2012 -
Pressure is growing on agencies to draft formal succession plans. There\'s good reason to believe more feds retired in late 2011 than in recent years, although the final count is not yet out.
January 03, 2012 -
Tom Trabucco, the director of external affairs at the FRTIB joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the year in TSP.
January 03, 2012 -
Would you take a buyout if the boss offered you one? You might want to decide now because if and when an offer comes, it won\'t be on the table very long, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
December 29, 2011 -
Are you better off financially slogging it to work or sleeping in five days a week? Some people say that all things considered they would be better off as a retiree than as an office serf. So do the math, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
December 28, 2011