What's ahead for feds in 2012?
Monday - 1/23/2012, 6:50pm EST
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Among the topics Mike discusses is the possibility that both CSRS and FERS employees will have to contribute more to their own retirement fund beginning in 2013.
Federal employee pay has been a target in cost-cutting efforts by the President and Congress, aided by a public perception of feds as overpaid "fat cats." Claims about public vs. private pay have swung widely - from the Federal Salary Council's data that shows feds are paid 24 percent less than the private sector, to a Cato Institute report that says feds are paid double the private sector. What's the reality? Federal News Radio brings you interviews and analysis on the federal pay debate.
Monday - 1/23/2012, 6:50pm EST
Among the topics Mike discusses is the possibility that both CSRS and FERS employees will have to contribute more to their own retirement fund beginning in 2013.