Pay & Benefits

• A Furlough In Your Future?

  Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that not having to work does not mean not getting paid.

  Mike Causey

  December 27, 2007
• Sound Off!

  Senior Correspondent Mike Causey\'s first column about union political endorsements brought lots of e-mail from feds who think it\'s a bad idea, but there is another side to the argument worth considering.

  Mike Causey

  December 26, 2007
• Traditional Mushy Christmas Column

  It\'s Christmas and time for Mike\'s traditional Mushy Christmas column. With lots of readers, it\'s even more popular than fruit cake.

  Mike Causey

  December 25, 2007
• Left Behind

  The holiday that isn\'t... for some feds.

  Mike Causey

  December 24, 2007
• Pay Raise, Part Two

  Thanks to last-minute action by Congress, most white collar federal workers will be getting a slightly larger pay raise next month. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has the magic numbers.

  Mike Causey

  December 21, 2007
• Tidings of Comfort and Joy

  Whenever Congress passes legislation that benefits federal workers you can bet it will benefit some member of Congress, or a staffer, as well.

  Mike Causey

  December 20, 2007
• Are You a Triple Dipper?

  Although the federal pay raise is still up in the air, some federal retirees will get a COLA on as many as three different benefits. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks about the so-called double and triple dippers.

  Mike Causey

  December 19, 2007
• Smart Move or Poking a Skunk?

  What do federal workers think when the unions that represent them endorse a presidential candidate? Not very much, according to senior correspondent Mike Causey.

  Mike Causey

  December 18, 2007
• FERS Flu Part Deux

  Some government workers have more than 1,000 hours of unused sick leave, but only about one in every four will get any kind of reward for staying well when they retire. Today Mike Causey deals with FERS Flu Part Deux!

  Mike Causey

  December 17, 2007
• And The Next President Is . . .

  When a federal union representing Defense workers, tax collectors or letter carriers endorses a presidential candidate, do you jump for joy or gnash your teeth? Mike Causey says there\'s a long history of federal unions jumping into political campaigns -- and it\'s already started this year.

  Mike Causey

  December 14, 2007
• FERS Flu In Your Future?

  Most federal workers are now under the FERS retirement system and a growing number of them are suffering from what Senior \'FERS Flu\'. Meantime, some of the best minds in government are working on a possible cure.

  Mike Causey

  December 13, 2007
• The Four Day Week and You

  Congress, thanks to the 4-day week, didn\'t spend a lot of time this year working on legislation to help -- or harm -- federal workers. That\'s both the good news and the bad news. So what\'s the outlook for next year? Mike Causey looks at the congressional calendar.

  Mike Causey

  December 12, 2007
• Swallows, Buzzards and Buyouts

  What do swallows and buzzards have to do with an allegedly new federal buyout plan? Mike Causey says the legend of the returning birds is true, but the bogus buyout package -- even though adjusted for inflation -- continues to be a myth.

  Mike Causey

  December 11, 2007
• Health Plan No Brainer!

  The expression “no brainer” is probably one of the most over-used terms (along with “at-the-end-of-the-day”) among elites in the Washington’s area’s influential/pompus government-media-legal community. That said (actually that’s another one!), virtually everybody in government has…

  Mike Causey

  December 10, 2007