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Reforms in the 2017 defense authorization bill add enrollment fees to TRICARE to try to bring down government costs.
In the great cosmic government calculator, a corporal willing to put him- or herself in harm's way to defend an ideal gets paid $24,000 plus room and board.
A top Democrat said an active duty military pay raise of 2.1 percent could compromise much needed readiness.
Randy Silvey, president Silverlight Financial, advises federal employees to take action now to protect their identities and credit by paying for a credit freeze and changing financial passwords.
Beginnings of the defense authorization bill call for a 2.1 percent raise for active military members and a 27,000 increase in troops.
Former DoD personnel lead Brad Carson said his ideas will prevail and more change is coming for personnel issues.
Congressional staff salaries are significantly lower than five years ago. In a letter to House and Senate leaders, five experts urge Congress to reverse that trend. Lee Drutman, senior fellow in the program on political reform at the New America Foundation, and one of the signatories, talked with Federal News Radio's Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about why experience matters on Capitol Hill.
Federal News Radio reporters Meredith Somers and Nicole Ogrysko join host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to discuss changes in commuter benefits and how the 2017 GOP budget proposal would affect feds. March 30, 2016
Federal News Radio speaks with the leader of DoD's New Beginnings program about the changes employees will see starting in April.
The House Budget Committee wants to cut non-Defense spending over the next 10 years even lower than what's called for under sequestration. It's calling for a 10 percent reduction in the civilian workforce through attrition.
Politicians are promising federal workers a big pay raise in January. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says feds can be cheap dates in an election year.
Less than a month after opening a governmentwide investigation into federal employees' pay, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) is taking a closer look at agency bonuses to rank-and-file federal workers and members of the Senior Executive Service.
What does it take to get an average, round-shouldered, pot-bellied guy to feel sorry for George Clooney? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says he gets it.
Senior Executives Association interim president Jason Briefel joins host Mike Causey to talk about issues affecting senior executives in the federal government, and Katie Maddocks with the Federal Managers Association will talk about some pending legislation on Capitol Hill and how it could affect feds. March 16, 2016