Your Turn with Mike Causey

Federal News Network Senior Correspondent Mike Causey discusses everything from pay, benefits and retirement, to buyouts, COLAs and pay freezes.


Latest Podcasts / Episodes

  • According to the experts December is on target to have its worst month since 1931. The erratic, some would say more normal performance of the market this year has made lots of investors nervous —…
    December 19, 2018
  • Federal News Network reporter Nicole Ogrysko about the potential for a shutdown. Also on today’s the show is Executive Vice President of the American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association Retired Brig. General Mike Meese to…
    December 12, 2018
  • Premiums are important if you are on a limited budget. But so is the plans’ catastrophic coverage (the limit on the amount you will have to pay out of pocket if you have a serious…
    December 5, 2018
  • The possibility of a Dec. 7 partial government shutdown is another good reason feds — especially retired government workers — should pick their 2019 health plan ASAP. Walton Francis, editor of Consumers Checkbook Guide to Federal…
    November 28, 2018
  • On this week’s episode of  Your Turn radio show, Walton Francis answers your questions. He’s the guy who wrote the book on how to pick the best federal health plan: Checkbook’s Guide To Health Plans For Federal Employees.…
    November 21, 2018
  • If you don’t change plans you will remain in your current plan which, if benefits change or premiums go up big time, could be a mistake. Walt Francis, a federal health plan expert, joined Federal…
    November 14, 2018
  • It’s open season for federal health care benefits, and this week on Your Turn, Joan Melanson and Paul Forte of Long Term Care Partners join host Mike Causey to talk about the Federal Long Term…
    November 7, 2018
  • This week on Your Turn, estate planner and tax lawyer Thomas O’Rourke joins host Mike Causey to discuss what you can do to maximize the amount of money you have in your retirement accounts.
    October 31, 2018
  • Leaving Uncle Sam, especially after a lengthy career at a good salary, can be very rewarding and sometimes a bit tricky, too. If you can’t stand your boss, have nothing in common with your coworkers…
    October 24, 2018
  • Washington, D.C. area financial planner Arthur Stein joins host Mike Causey on this week’s Your Turn discuss how volatility in the U.S. stock market is affecting federal workers’ TSP accounts, and whether feds should head for…
    October 17, 2018
  • The Carter administration’s Civil Service Reform Act is turning 40 this Saturday. So how is the 40-year old reform working out in an era of draining the bureaucratic swamp?
    October 10, 2018
  • This week on Your Turn,  host Mike Causey will be joined by Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko who brings us up to speed on what has to happen for Congress to approve a 1.9 percent January…
    October 3, 2018
  • This week on Your Turn, host Mike Causey talks with Federal Managers Association President Renee Johnson and FMA Government and Public Affairs Director Greg Stanford about where we are, what needs to happen to secure…
    September 26, 2018
  • The Trump administration wants to cut costs in the giant Federal Employees Retirement System by totally eliminating future COLAs for FERS retirees. If it becomes law the 2019 COLA — assuming there is one — would…
    September 19, 2018