Pay & Benefits

  • Administrator said it will help employee morale and will not negatively impact security. Lawmakers wanted assurances that if employees would go on strike, Pistole would fire them.

    February 11, 2011
  • Were you ever an unwilling passenger in a high-speed, high-stakes game of chicken? Well, if you work for Uncle Sam, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you are on board for what could be the ride of your life. Or job.

    February 11, 2011
  • Rick McCoy President, AFGE TSA Local 777 Don Thomas President, AFGE TSA Local 556 Don Hale AFGE DEFCON Chair Patty Viers AFGE DEFCON Vice Chair Chris Crane President, AFGE Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council 118 Lorenzo Garza Executive Vice President, AFGE Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council 118 Rick Diaz Secretary-Treasurer, AFGE Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council 118

    February 10, 2011
  • SBA Administrator Karen Mills sent an email to staff to respond to the Federal News Radio reports about allegations of whistleblower retaliation at the agency.

    February 10, 2011
  • \"A federal employee authorized to take, direct others to take, recommend or approve any personnel action may not take, fail to take, or threaten to take any personnel action against an employee because of protected whistleblowing.\" Attorney Debra Roth explains this for us.

    February 10, 2011
  • A new VA support line and website for caregivers of veterans launches, marking the beginning of benefits approved under the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act.

    February 10, 2011
  • Unless you are a multi-millionaire or you were born on the planet Krypton, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey\'s column today, about the not so joyous golden years, is a must read.

    February 10, 2011
  • Many retirees saw their annuity checks drop in February but didn\'t know why. OPM wants to make sure beneficiaries find answers to their questions.

    February 09, 2011
  • On this week\'s show, host Mike Causey talks with the Federal Times about fast-changing federal issues including the continuing resolution, the FY 2012 budget and the pay freeze proposals on the Hill. February 9, 2011

    February 09, 2011
  • AFGE members marched on Capitol Hill to put a face on the federal workforce. They want to correct the misperception that government workers are to blame for the deficit and gridlock in Washington.

    February 09, 2011
  • In part 3 of Federal News Radio\'s exclusive investigative series \"Discouraged and Disrespected at SBA,\" Karla Saunders weighs her options to find resolution in her three-year battle against alleged retaliation. Saunders and three other agency employees say they want to return to their original jobs and restore their reputations. SBA officials say the agency is focusing on strengthening management and oversight.

    February 09, 2011
  • The government is proposing a 15 percent pay raise for employees...that\'s the good news...the bad news is that it is not the U.S. government that\'s come up with this plan. So what\'s going on? Mike Causey has a roadmap.

    February 09, 2011
  • WFED\'s Mike Causey discusses the likelihood of a federal furlough.

    February 08, 2011
  • How much federal employees make has been the subject of an on-going debate. We shift a bit and take a look at how much SHOULD feds make? The Partnership for Public Service\'s John Palguta weighs in.

    February 08, 2011