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Pay & Benefits
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Tammy Flanagan is the senior benefits director at the National Institute of Transition Planning.
October 21, 2011 -
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Lawmakers charged with reducing the federal deficit should look to contractors\' compensation rather than reduce government workers\' pay and benefits, a coalition of federal unions and management associations wrote in a letter to supercommittee leaders.
October 21, 2011 -
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Congress, the economy and the White House are all moving in a direction that is likely to create the perfect storm for widespread buyouts within the federal service, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
October 21, 2011 -
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Government Accountability Office employees could face six days of furlough this year as the watchdog agency expects a possible cut of $35 to $42 million in its budget compared with last year.
October 20, 2011 -
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In a blog post on DoDLive.mil, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey said he rejects the comparison of the military retirement system to a civilian retirement system, after the Defense Business Board has recommended changes to the military retirement system to something more like what is available for private-sector civilians.
October 20, 2011 -
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A new Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis report says the Defense Department should look at improving value in military pay and benefits, not simply cutting. The report also calls for a BRAC-like commission to study service members\' benefits.
October 20, 2011 -
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The 3.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment due most federal retirees in January could jump-start retirements in many federal agencies — especially if Congress decides to extend the current two-year freeze on federal salaries, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
October 20, 2011 -
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Host Mike Causey will discuss the big issues facing feds with Federal News Radio\'s Francis Rose, Federal Times editor Steve Watkins and senior reporter Sean Reilly. October 19, 2011
October 19, 2011 -
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Since the 1990s some experts have predicted a retirement tsunami, a brain drain that would take out some of Uncle Sam\'s best and brightest, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. So far they have been dead wrong, but is this the year? We\'ll know in a couple of months.
October 19, 2011 -
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VA will test the use of the ideas in the agency\'s Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Program, according to a VA release.
October 18, 2011 -
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The annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is based on a measure of inflation that Congress adopted in the 1970s. Since then, it has resulted in annual increases averaging 4.2 percent.
October 18, 2011 -
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What do current federal workers and turkeys have in common with royal prisoners held after the French revolution. Key phrase: Impending cuts, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
October 18, 2011 -
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The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board has released its investment performance report.
October 17, 2011 -
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Track recommendations on federal pay, benefits and retirement made to the supercommittee by top Congressional leaders and the White House.
October 17, 2011
