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Top 10 Mike Causey columns for 2015

Senior Correspondent Mike Causey's Federal Report is one of our most popular features. Here are the 10 most popular Causey columns from 2015.

Mike Causey@mcauseyWFED

December 31, 2015 2:06 pm

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10. Diluting pay raises

Good pay vibes for federal workers in **Burlington, Vermont** and the **Virginia Beach-Norfolk** area. Not so good news for government workers in D.C.-Baltimore , New York, L.A.-San Francisco, Houston and two dozen other cities that have their own, higher, locality pay scales.

The Federal Salary Council last week voted to allow the Vermont and Virginia cities to setup their own locality pay zone. Congress has the final say on whether they will be allowed to set up their own locality pay areas in 2017 or will remain in the lower-wage RUS (rest of U.S.) locality area. **Read more.**

Federal News Radio isn’t spilling any big secrets when it reveals that Mike Causey’s Federal Report is one of our website’s most popular features.

It’s no surprise. Every day, Mike writes about the topics federal employees and retirees care most about: pay and benefits, retirement, health care and workforce issues.

2015 was no different. Here are the 10 most popular Federal Report columns according to our readers.

Mike Causey

Mike Causey is senior correspondent for Federal News Network and writes his daily Federal Report column on federal employees’ pay, benefits and retirement.

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