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Updates: NSPS to GS and premium conversion tax credits

On this week's show, Senior Correspondent talks about what's happening with the National Security Personnel System, as well as a proposed one-time $250 payment for federal retirees.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , NSPS , tax credit , retirees , John Gage , Dan Adcock , premium conversion , $250 , Dorothy Ramienski

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Telecommuting: The Darkside!

Teleworking is like that old song Home On The Range: When the subject is working from home, seldom is heard a discouraging word, right? Not always. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says some feds have found a darkside to telecommuting.

Tags: P&B , telework , snow policy

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Snow Shutdown: The Rules of the Road

Federal offices in many cities are just getting back to normal. But the shutdowns raise questions about the status of workers who were on vacation, or unpaid annual leave. Thanks to the OPM, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has the answers.

Tags: P&B , pay rules , shutdown , snow , vacation pay

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Analysis: Senior Correspondent Mike Causey on snow closings

WFED's Mike Causey says it's the worst decision any OPM director ever has to make.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , OPM , John Berry , snow , snow closings

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Snow Daze: Wimps Or Lions?

After the blizzard of 2010 all America is debating whether federal workers are snow wimps or ice-conquering lions. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey reports on what the rest of the world is saying about us.

Tags: P&B , snow closing ,

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William Henry Harrison Day?

Actually this holiday, officially known as Washington's Birthday Holiday, has been hijacked by merchants hoping you might buy more if it honored more people. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it'll always be GW's birthday to him and Martha.

Tags: P&B , Presidents Day

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What's happening with former NSPS feds?

Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , NSPS , pay-for-performance

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Respiraling NSPS Converts

Returning 220,000 Defense Department civilians to their old jobs after several years in the National Security Personnel System is, according to Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, a task similar to that of putting toothpaste back in the tube. So how's it going to work?

Tags: NSPS , P&B ,

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Beltway Blizzard Tactics

The decision to shutdown the government during the Blizzards of 2010 were either smart or wimpy depending on how far outside the beltway you live. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, who actually coined the term "Inside the Beltway", takes readings from both sides of the famed road.

Tags: P&B , snow closures , government shutdown ,

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Analysis: Snow, closings set historic record for federal government

Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has more.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , OPM , snow , snow closings , John Berry , Dorothy Ramienski

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