Pay & Benefits

  • USPS cancels bonuses for executives, officers and administrative staff.

    July 01, 2011
  • Feds who goof off on the job, or who spend all day surfing the net, watching the clock or on personal business are in for trouble. Congress is coming. So why are the vast majority of civil servants not quaking in their boots? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey tells all.

    July 01, 2011
  • The Office of Personnel Management has released updated security notices for its new Federal Employees Health Benefits program database.

    June 30, 2011
  • After Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) questioned the Postal Service\'s decision to stop paying to FERS, attorney Bill Bransford said Issa may be concerned that USPS is setting a precedent for subsidizing other financially unstable agencies.

    June 30, 2011
  • After four-and-a-half years, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says goodbye to the Pentagon. Today is his last day on the job.

    June 30, 2011
  • Coming soon to a federal agency near you - buyouts. So do you fit the profile? Are you buyout bait or, asks Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, will you be the last person left to turn out the lights?

    June 30, 2011
  • Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has something to take your mind off the possibility of an extended pay freeze. Forget about that and concentrate on the highly-likely prospect of a 5 to 6 percent permanent pay cut.

    June 29, 2011
  • In a letter to the Office of Personnel Management, the head of the government\'s watchdog committee said the U.S. Postal Service\'s decision to halt contributions to employees\' retirement fund sets a \"dangerous precedent\" for other cash-strapped agencies.

    June 28, 2011
  • A new rule requires federal agencies to file claims for workers compensation electronically. It also adds a new condition that makes federal employees eligible for compensation.

    June 28, 2011
  • How many hamburger flippers, box-store greeters and grocery store baggers does Uncle Sam employ? Short answer, not too many which Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says may explain while federal salaries are bigger than in many sections of the private sector.

    June 28, 2011
  • Giving up small purchases on a daily basis can mean big savings for your retirement, according to Tom Trabucco, director of external affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.

    June 27, 2011
  • Changes to the computation of group rates in the FEHBP are coming. We talk with Checkbook\'s Walton Francis about what that may mean for you.

    June 27, 2011
  • Federal workers are not going to get any kind of pay raise in 2012. But retirees might get a 3.5 percent cost of living adjustment. So a lot of feds say they might just retire to get the COLA. It\'s a great idea but, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey points out, there is one flaw.

    June 27, 2011
  • ClearanceJobs.com Founder and Director Evan Lesser joins host Derrick Dortch...to talk about how government cutbacks are affecting contractors in the Defense and Homeland Security sectors. June 24, 2011

    June 24, 2011