federal pay freeze

  • Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) sees a perfect storm in the future for federal employees and anyone else trying to commute through his district as a result of BRAC. He tells Federal News Radio he\'s at his wits\' end trying to avert a traffic disaster.

    April 20, 2011
  • The House passed a fiscal year 2012 bill today that freezes federal pay for three years and cuts the federal workforce by 10 percent through attrition.

    April 15, 2011
  • Most individuals have a time period they consider the good old days...when kids were kids...people didn\'t lock their doors. But Mike Causey says that for many federal workers the good old days didn\'t last very long because they only included last weekend!

    April 14, 2011
  • Updated April 18, 2011. This story has been corrected to state a three-year freeze instead of a five-year freeze. Comments in the press conference noted a five-year freeze. By Jolie Lee Federal News Radio House…

    April 05, 2011
  • Federal Times editor Steve Watkins and senior writer Steve Losey, financial planner Arthur Stein, and president of the Senior Executives Association Carol Bonosaro join us to answer your questions.

    March 30, 2011
  • Host Mark Amtower interviews government contract expert and consultant Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, on a variety of contracting issues. March 28, 2011 (Encore presentation April 28, 2011)

    March 28, 2011
  • If you are a member of the SES, the bad news is that Uncle Sam wants you to give up all of the performance-pay raise you got last year. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the good news is that you won\'t have to pay back what you\'ve already been given and probably spent.

    March 25, 2011
  • If Congress and the White House change your retirement plan, asks Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, will it produce a tidal wave of retirements or will it turn your office in the government version of an adult day care center?

    March 23, 2011
  • Does the current federal pay freeze run for two years or three? In a city of math-challenged politicians and journalists, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that mistakes were made. Or not...

    March 03, 2011
  • Did you hear about the 3-year federal pay freeze? Lots of people got the word Saturday and, considering the source was the President, it made them a tad nervous. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says not to worry... much.

    March 01, 2011
  • February is supposed to be the month of love, but for federal workers it\'s been more like the St. Valentine\'s Day Massacre. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants to know what\'s next.

    February 18, 2011
  • The poll relates to two amendments in the House that are proposing a freeze on step increases under the General Schedule.

    February 17, 2011
  • In addition to the numerous amendments under consideration decreasing agency budgets and staffing levels, two new amendments would hit federal employees on the General Schedule, freezing all promotions across government.

    February 17, 2011
  • Federal workers are under a two-year pay freeze, Congress is looking at furloughs and pension cuts and yet, we are told, these are the good old days. Things may get tougher for you and your agency. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says while it may not be the end of the world, this is definitely not just a drill.

    February 16, 2011