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Benefits bills pass in House
Three different pieces of legislation affecting your pay and benefits have passed in the House of Representatives.
Tags: Pay & Benefits , CSRS
What's happening to your pay, benefits, retirement?
Multiple proposals being discussed by Congress and the White House would affect feds' pay and benefits. Host Mike Causey is joined by Steve Losey and Steve Watkins of the Federal Times to discuss what might be coming down the road.
May 25, 2011
Tags: Pensions , retirement , workforce , pay and benefits , health insurance , CSRS , Mike Causey , Steve Watkins , Steve Losey , Federal Times
The best of the best of your questions answered
We answer listener questions and emails this week.
May 10, 2010
Tags: Pay & Benefits , For Your Benefit , Bob Leins , John Elliott , CSRS
Federal/Social Security COLA Stalling?
Federal, military and Social Security retirees were delighted last month when it appeared they were on track for a January cost of living adjustment of around 3.3 percent, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says living costs are down, believe it or not, and the COLA may be in danger of stalling.
Tags: Social Security , retirement , COLA , Mike Causey , Federal Report , CPI , chained CPI , BLS , pay and benefits
Pay Cuts & Security Clearances
Getting and keeping a security clearance is vital in a growing number of federal jobs. And useful when feds retire and go into the private sector. But are those all-important clearances going to be harder to get, and keep in the future? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains.
Tags: Mike Causey , pay and benefits , Federal Report , Congress , Steve Losey , Your Turn , Dan Adcock
Feds As Little Red Riding Hood
Federal and postal workers and retirees are under so many attacks that many of them don't know which of the threats is real and which is most serious. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says a lot of people are worrying about something that probably won't happen while ignoring several bigger threats.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , Congress , retirement , pension , Federal Report
USPS FERS suspension raises legal questions
After Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) questioned the Postal Service's decision to stop paying to FERS, attorney Bill Bransford said Issa may be concerned that USPS is setting a precedent for subsidizing other financially unstable agencies.
Tags: Bill Bransford , Shaw Bransford & Roth , USPS , pay and benefits , retirement , benefits , Courtney Thompson
Six Percent Pay Cut is Still Halfway Home
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has something to take your mind off the possibility of an extended pay freeze. Forget about that and concentrate on the highly-likely prospect of a 5 to 6 percent permanent pay cut.
Tags: pay and benefits , retirement benefits , CSRS , Mike Causey
Geithner urged to protect federal pension funds
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) is asking the Treasury secretary to block efforts to increase the amount federal employees must contribute to their pensions.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mikulski , Geithner , Zurndorfer , Paul Ryan , Pensions
Retirement threats - separating fact from fiction
FMA's Jessica Klement discusses the biggest legislative threat to federal employees' pensions.
June 1, 2011(Encore presentation June 29, 2011)
Tags: pay and benefits , retirement , Congress , Jessica Klement , FMA , Your Turn , Mike Causey , budget , defined pension ,
