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Federal employees with the Agriculture Department developed the variety of turkey that many of us choose for our Thanksgiving feast, but Congress is working on a new model that may reverse things and carve up civil servants, postal workers and retirees at the same time, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
How do you follow an act like an earthquake? Well, wherever you are, the government did very well and everything seems to be okay, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Host Mike Causey will talk about TSP investments with CBS MarketWatch columnist Alan Roth. He will also discuss the status of federal buyouts with Federal Times editor Steve Losey, and senior reporter Sean Reilly. August 2, 2011
Should there be a dress code in federal offices? Can you imagine 350 lb. president William Howard Taft in a speedo bathing suit? What does one have to do with the other ... Inquiring minds want to know, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
A final rule by the Office of Personnel Management changes the calculation for annuities for surviving spouses of deceased federal employees.
Part-time federal employees are now eligible for an additional 25 percent above their basic pay rate for work done on Sundays, according to an OPM final rule published today.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said any changes to military retirements won\'t affect current service members. The Pentagon is considering proposals made by the Defense Business Board last month that would replace the current system with a 401-K-style plan.
How do you improve diversity in government when personnel budgets are being cut and the largest, and most diverse agency plans to slash its workforce, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wonders. The answer: Creative accounting and buyouts.
Tom Trabucco, director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, explains the difference on the return of the investment for people who constantly changed compared to people who held steady.
Tired of the steady stream of news and speculation about pay freezes, buyouts, layoffs, watered-down pensions and eroding benefits? Take a break. Look around you and be amazed because it\'s time, and there is no escape for you, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. The thongs are coming!
Federal workers won\'t be getting a pay raise in January but federal retirees are likely to get a cost of living adjustment in the neighborhood of 3.5 percent ... So what\'s to prevent people from retiring to get their COLA? Mike Causey explains why it won\'t work.
The Postal Service has begun contract negotiations with the National Association of Letter Carriers and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union. Last week USPS said it would ask Congress to let it break union contracts in order to lay off workers and take control of its health care and retirement plans.
Ed Zurndorfer, a registered employee benefit consultant, joined the Federal Drive to discuss federal retirement tips.
Chances are your federal agency is going to be down-sized or right-sized in the very near future, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. So what does that mean? And how to you keep your head (and your job) while all this is going on?