Retirement

  • Registered employee benefit consultant Ed Zurndorfer explains how feds can prepare for their post-federal career lives.

    May 27, 2011
  • If you are feeling paranoid, that is you are convinced that people in high places are out to get you, you can relax. You are not crazy. That\'s the good part. The bad part, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, is you are right to worry because your pay, pension and health insurance package are all on the chopping block. You need a scorecard to keep track, and we\'ve got it.

    May 27, 2011
  • Multiple proposals being discussed by Congress and the White House would affect feds\' pay and benefits. Host Mike Causey is joined by Steve Losey and Steve Watkins of the Federal Times to discuss what might be coming down the road. May 25, 2011

    May 25, 2011
  • If you are a fed who wants to get ahead, or simply survive, you rather spend quality time with Jake Gyllenhaal or Newt Gingrich, or how about partying with either Angelina Jolie or Typhoid Mary? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says one might be more fun than the other but what about your place on the job learning curve.

    May 24, 2011
  • Lots of feds say they will pull the plug immediately if Congress changes federal retirement rules, but this is not the time to panic, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, because anything, including nothing, could happen.

    May 20, 2011
  • NARFE legislative director Dan Adcock, Federal Times editor Steve Watkins and senior reporter Sean Reilly join host Mike Causey to talk about legislation pending in Congress that affects your pay and retirement benefits. May 18, 2011

    May 18, 2011
  • By Ruben Gomez Federal News Radio Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) is opposing a proposal that would require federal employees to increase their retirement contributions. The proposal, one of many aimed at reducing the federal deficit,…

    May 18, 2011
  • The way things are going on Capitol Hill, federal and postal workers seem to have only one of two choices, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey: they can retire before things get worse or decide to shelter in place because they may get worse yet.

    May 17, 2011
  • Ed Zurndorfer, registered employee benefit consultant, explains who and how to take advantage of the Roth option.

    May 13, 2011
  • Even the most rational, self-controlled federal and postal workers sometimes have nightmares about their jobs. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says chief among them is the fear that Uncle Sam is going to change the rules, drastically reducing lifetime retirement payments.

    May 06, 2011
  • April was a “very good month” for your Thrift Savings Fund, said Tom Trabucco, director of External Affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which oversees your TSP. Thrift Savings Plan April 2011 returns…

    May 02, 2011
  • Figuring out if you\'re saving what you need to is a smart move, and the TSP has the tools to help.

    April 25, 2011
  • President Obama\'s deficit reduction plan speech on Wednesday did not address how these cuts would affect federal pay and benefits, but one administration official told Federal News Radio that changes to federal retirement benefits were still possible.

    April 15, 2011
  • Federal Times\' Steve Watkins and Steve Losey discuss the likelihood of bills targeting federal employees will have enough votes to pass.

    March 23, 2011