Pay & Benefits

  • House Transportation Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) is at the center of the legislative stalemate over FAA reauthorization. He spoke with Federal News Radio about the impact it\'s having on FAA workers.

    July 29, 2011
  • Federal workers\' pay, pensions and health premiums are on the line and definitely in the line of fire as Congress and the White House limp toward a solution to the debt limit crisis. Federal News Radio senior correspondent Mike Causey wants to know what are the primary targets?

    July 29, 2011
  • Greg Long, the executive director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which oversees federal employees\' TSP, reassured a House subcommittee that failure to raise the debt ceiling would not affect investments to the G Fund. Because of a 1987 law, even when the Treasury Department stops issuing securities, investors are protected.

    July 28, 2011
  • Depending on how the debt ceiling issue is settled - or not - furloughs could be just around the corner for hundreds of thousands of federal workers. If so, how would they work and are you ready? Would it be a dreamy surprise mid-summer dream or a pre-back-to-school nightmare?

    July 28, 2011
  • \"There\'s not a whole lot of talk about this, because it\'s just overcome by the whole debt ceiling crisis,\" says Mike MacDonald, regional vice president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. July 27, 2011

    July 27, 2011
  • In today\'s newscast, is FAA closer to a deal to end those layoffs? Plus, are federal benefits safe in the debt ceiling debate?

    July 27, 2011
  • Washington\'s real and self-appointed experts agree something big is going to happen by August 2. Exactly what it is, however, is in dispute Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. The one thing that seems certain is that federal pay and benefits are considered part of the problem by both sides.

    July 27, 2011
  • Proposed changes to federal employees\' workers\' compensation program could result in lower benefits, testified unions and employee groups Tuesday at a Senate subcommittee hearing.

    July 26, 2011
  • The Defense Business Board has proposed major changes to military retirement by transitioning from its cliff-vesting system to a system of yearly retirement contributions deposited into the TSP.

    July 26, 2011
  • While Congress quibbles over the debt ceiling more than 4,000 feds have been furloughed without pay because of political differences over user-fee taxes on airline tickets. But, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks, it\'s still safe to fly, isn\'t it?

    July 26, 2011
  • In a governmentwide survey, agencies reported that they were not seeking buyouts through OPM or hiring freezes

    July 25, 2011
  • Budget negotiators from the White House and Congress have apparently identified some low hanging fruit waiting to be plucked, that Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says would reduce your take-home pay and your future retirement benefits.

    July 25, 2011
  • Efforts to avert a shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration failed Friday amid a disagreement over a $16.5 million cut in subsidies to 13 rural communities, ensuring that nearly 4,000 people will be temporarily out of work and federal airline ticket taxes will be suspended.

    July 23, 2011
  • STRATFOR Vice President Fred Burton will give you some travel security tips that you can use when visiting another country. July 22, 2011(Encore presentation August 5, 2011 and August 12, 2011)

    July 22, 2011