Social Security

  • Has the proposed social security tax cut triggered a civil war in your office? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says in some locations there is a major rift between younger workers under the FERS system who would get the break and their older CSRS colleagues who won\'t get it.

    December 14, 2010
  • How would you like a pay freeze and a two percent raise at the same time. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that\'s what may happen to a large chunk of the federal workforce.

    December 10, 2010
  • If you\'re going to touch the third rail of American politics, do it the right way. National Academy of Social Insurance\'s Virginia Reno tells us how.

    November 17, 2010
  • A partial shift in power on the Hill means committee chairmanships will change in the House but not in the Senate. A variety of issues from the federal budget to telework, and federal pay and regulatory policies will be re-examined.

    November 03, 2010
  • One-time $250 payments are a bad idea? Jason Fitchner, former deputy commissioner at the Social Security Administration, says so.

    October 21, 2010
  • Social Security and retired feds won\'t be getting a cost of living adjustment next year, but they once again may get a flat $250 payment courtesy of Congress and the administration. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks is this fair and just, or just another political senior moment?

    October 21, 2010
  • A report from Congressional Research Service reports on increases in federal pay and pension since 1969.

    October 20, 2010
  • Most people working for Uncle Sam will collect Social Security benefits when they retire. But what about a pending proposal to reduce benefits and raise the age of retirement. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says this is not your typical Washington food fight...

    September 08, 2010
  • How can social security and medicare be preserved for future generations? Nancy Altman, chairman of the Board of the Pension Rights Center, is Mike Causey\'s guest this week on Your Turn.

    September 07, 2010
  • Jagadeesh Gokhale challenges notions about Social Security\'s financial future and explores the implications of alternative reforms for the program as a whole and for today\'s and future generations of Americans.

    June 23, 2010
  • Federal retirees didn\'t get a cost of living adjustment this year. What\'s the outlook for a COLA in 2011? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey rates the chances as somewhere between slim and none.

    April 16, 2010
  • Alan P. Balutis Director and Distinguished Fellow Cisco Business Solutions Group

    April 08, 2010