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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.
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.
Tags: P&B , OPM , snow policy
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.
Tags: P&B , snow closing , OPM
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.
Tags: P&B , Roth , estate planning , Tom O'Rourke , Medicare part B , postal closings , USPS
On pay raises and what feds really earn
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has details.
Tags: Pay & Benefits , Your Turn , pay raise
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.
Tags: P&B , pay raise , COLA , FY 2011 budget
2011 Pay Pitch: Look For a Low Ball
Federal workers will find out later today just how much of a pay raise President Obama wants to give them next year, but according to a poll we took among been-there-done-that-feds, it's going to be a lowball increase. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey crowdsources today's column without even knowing what that means.
Tags: P&B , 2011 budget , budget , federal pay raise , locality pay
2011 Pay Raise, The Magic Number Is...
If you work for Uncle Sam you probably are in an office where just about everybody plays the numbers game. The magic number this year is the proposed amount of the 2011 federal pay raise. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says your guess is as good as anyone's.
Tags: P&B , 2011 pay raise , locality pay
What President Obama's speech means for you
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has details.
Tags: Pay & Benefits , State of the Union
Is the Roth TSP option right for you?
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks with benefits expert John Elliott and Allan Roth, CFP.
Tags: Pay & Benefits , Your Turn , John Elliott , Allan Roth
