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Buyout season winding down

Uncle Sam's five-month buyout season is about to end. So if you were thinking about leaving with a $25,000 check, grab it while you can, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

Tags: workforce , retirement , pay and benefits , Mike Causey , Federal Report

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How can you tell if a federal buyout is a good deal?

It seems like every week another agency is offering employee buyouts and early retirements. But they're not designed to make you rich. So how do you decide when a buyout is right for you? The Federal Drive spoke with registered employee-benefits consultant Ed Zurndorfer to get some answers.

Tags: Ed Zurndorfer , early retirement , pay and benefits , Federal Drive

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GSA offers second round of buyouts

The General Services Administration is offering buyouts and early retirements to 1,022 employees. The employees have until July 20 to apply and must separate from service between Aug. 3 and Sept. 30.

Tags: GSA , retirement

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New site makes retirement easier for Air Force civilians

The service launched a new portal to let civilian workers prepare for retirement, request a retirement estimate and acquire the necessary paperwork to pay a military or civilian deposit.

Tags: workforce , pay and benefits , Air Force , DoD , Sharon Mack , Debra Warner , retirement , Taeja Smith

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What's next for feds?

NARFE president Joseph Beaudoin and Federal Times reporters Stephen Losey and Sean Reilly join host Mike Causey to talk about a wide variety of issues affecting federal workers.
June 6, 2012

Tags: pay and benefits , retirement , Congress , budget battle , furloughs , USPS , GSA , Joseph Beaudoin , NARFE , Stephen Losey , Sean Reilly , Federal Times , Mike Causey , Your Turn

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Covering your assets

Host Mike Causey will talk retirement, the TSP, and more with attorney Tom O'Rourke and Federal Times senior writer Stephen Losey.
May 30, 2012

Tags: pay and benefits , retirement , wills , powers of attorney , trusts , Federal Times , Stephen Losey , TSP , USPS , Mike Causey , Your Turn , Tom ORourke

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USPS offers buyouts to 45,000 mail handlers

The U.S. Postal will offer buyouts and early retirements to more than 45,000 mail handlers, USPS announced Friday. Employees opting for the early-out will receive a $15,000 incentive payment — half to be paid in December, and the other half to be paid in December 2013. The new buyout offers are the result of "in depth discussions" between USPS and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and an agreement that was inked Tuesday.

Tags: pay and benefits , retirement , workforce , budget , USPS , National Postal Mail Handlers Union , John Hegarty

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Postal shakeup, pensions, GSA fallout

Host Mike Causey will talk postal reform and other issues with Sally Davidow of the American Postal Workers Union, and Steve Watkins and Sean Reilly of the Federal Times.
May 16, 2012

Tags: pay and benefits , USPS , postal reform , Pensions , Sally Davidow , American Postal Workers Union , downsizing , Steve Watkins , Sean Reilly , Federal Times , GSA scandal , Mike Causey , Your Turn

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USPS to offer buyouts to 21,000 postmasters

As part of a cost-savings plan designed to halt the closings of rural postal facilities, the U.S. Postal Service said it would offer $20,000 buyout incentive payments to 21,000 full-time postmasters.

Tags: USPS , retirement , pay and benefits , workforce , Congress , House , Senate , Darrell Issa , Patrick Donahoe

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The worst year to retire?

The combination of buyouts, a surge in baby boomer retirements and a hostile Congress may make this the worst year, maybe ever, to consider retiring, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

Tags: Mike Causey , pay and benefits , workforce , retirement , Federal Report , OPM , early retirements

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