Pay & Benefits

  • Dr. Andrea Morris, BRAC Project Coordinator for Arlington County, Va. joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss the latest on how the Base Realignment and Closure process is affecting Arlington County, Va. February 25, 2011(Encore presentation May 13, 2011)

    February 28, 2011
  • AFGE plans to protest on Wednesday the possible spending cuts to the Social Security Administration in more than 20 states. SSA Commission Astrue tried to alleviate spending concerns with an e-mail to employees. Meanwhile, SSA and AFGE are negotiating a new contract.

    February 28, 2011
  • The director of OPM during the Shutdown of \'95 sees some similarities and some differences from this year\'s situation. Jim King explains.

    February 28, 2011
  • Friday midnight is the deadline for a possible government shutdown but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the Great Government Shutdown of 2011 would not be like your father\'s shutdown of 1995-96 which also included a blizzard. He says there is more good news, and even more very bad news, for government workers this time around.

    February 28, 2011
  • During a Shutdown: non-essential teleworkers unplug!

    February 28, 2011
  • With a potential shutdown, feds looking for monetary relief would have to finalize it before operations cease.

    February 25, 2011
  • An inside look at the judiciary system and the people that work there. We hear from John Bendzunas of the Federal Probation and Pretrial Association and Patricia McNutt, president-elect of the Federal Court Clerks Association. February 25, 2011

    February 25, 2011
  • There\'s a new reality show in the works with a cast of millions. If everything goes wrong, says Senior Correspondent turned TV critic Mike Causey, it will debut in early March with a cast of millions who will get paid nothing for their trouble.

    February 25, 2011
  • Where were you during the last government shutdown? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has tracked down some survivors who relive what, for some, was a nightmare while others recall it as the good old days.

    February 24, 2011
  • The shutdown 15 years ago could provide insight for feds but no guarantees can be made.

    February 23, 2011
  • J. David Cox AFGE National Secretary-Treasurer Tom Scott President, AFGE Local 987 Michael Freeman President, AFGE VA Local 498 Richard Gennetti Chief Steward, AFGE SSA Local 2006

    February 23, 2011
  • Tom Trabucco, the Director of External Affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, discusses the likelihood of feds taking out TSP funds in the event of a furlough.

    February 23, 2011
  • Jessica Klement of the Federal Managers Association joins the show to discuss the feeling about feds in Congress. Plus, Federal Times\' Steve Watkins and Steve Losey talk about what a government shutdown could look like this time around. February 23, 2011

    February 23, 2011
  • The possibility of a government shutdown next month is very real. So what were the lessons learned in the last big shutdown 15 years ago? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there is plenty of history, but a lot of it is being written by people who weren\'t in government, or who were maybe teenagers when it happened.

    February 23, 2011