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Tips for making your TSP account grow
On this week's show, Mike talks with Tom Trabucco and Art Stein.
Encore Presenation
> Your Turn
Federal government grows smaller
The overall federal workforce is projected to decline by about 42,600 in fiscal 2011, but it will remain at slightly more than 2 million people.
> Federal Drive
NSPS Staffers: Separation Anxiety
What do you call 220,000 federal government orphans? They are Defense Department civilians who were dragged into the National Security Personnel System which is now being dismantled. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks about the forced conversions today.
> Mike Causey
OPM Director Berry says open/close status to be made after 6 p.m.
Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry tells Federal News Radio it is still too early to know whether the federal government will be openor closed on Tuesday, Feb.
> Federal News Radio
How to attract, motivate and retain
Compensation and benefits cannot be fully effective unless they are part of an integrated strategy of other programs and practices to attract, motivate and retain top talent.
> Federal Drive
No-Cal COLAs Gag Reflex
The new no-cal COLA Uncle Sam is serving up to federal and postal retirees is making a lot of them sick. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey conducts the taste test.
> Mike Causey
Great tax deductions to remember
New and expanded deductions and credits came into being for a broad cross-section of taxpayers: College tax benefits for parents and students; energy credits for homeowners who are going green; and even tax breaks for home buyers and car buyers.
> Federal Drive
Snow Policy: Making a federal case of it
Federal agencies in the Washington, D.C., area are open under an unscheduled leave policy with a 4 hour early dismissal planned.
> Federal Drive
Snow Day: May Day!
If you live in the Northeast part of the U.S., Friday may bring the mother of all snow storms. The DC region is battening down the hatches as Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains.
> Mike Causey
Sen. Landrieu defends Medicaid deal for La.
By ERICA WERNER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Called a prostitute by conservative talk show hosts, a Louisiana Democrat on Thursday defended a deal she cut for her Hurricane Katrina-ravaged state in the Senate health care bill.
> Government
The Roth Option & Your Estate
Estate planning is for high-rollers right? Certainly not for ordinary federal workers and retirees, right? Wrong! Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has the explanation.
> Mike Causey
Should you convert to a Roth IRA?
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey chats with Attorney Thomas J. O'Rourke.
Feb. 3, 2010
> Your Turn
How to determine locality pay at issue
President Obama has proposed ending the locality pay surveys that help determine the gap between public and private sector pay and replacing them with a new method for measuring compensation.
> Federal Drive
Diet Pay Raise/No-Cal COLAs
Although it's the lowest proposed pay raise in decades, most federal workers seem to be taking the proposed1.4 percent diet pay raise in stride. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says many retirees are very unhappy with their no-Cal COLA.
> Mike Causey
Workforce proposals could affect your wallet
Federal employees and military service members could receive a 1.4 percent pay raise next year, the lowest in almost 40 years. That's one of the many federal workforce proposals in the president's 2011 budget request. We talked about them with John Palguta, Vice President for Policy at the Partnership for Public Service.
> Federal Drive
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