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Super Investment for Office Elders
Being the oldest person in the office isn't much fun. Often it means being out of the loop on just about everything, but when it comes to a super-safe investment option, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that senior civil servants rule.
Tags: Mike Causey , Voluntary Contributions
DFAS employees fired after security review
Pay your bills or lose your job. Thirty nine Defense Department workers whose jobs were at risk because of their bad credit ratings will lose their positions after all.
Tags: credit , security clearance , DoD , DFAS , Terri McKay , Debra Roth , Suzanne Kubota
On Duty
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, holidays have never been the same. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks about the brave new world.
Tags: holiday
Wall Street worries hit your TSP planning
As the third quarter starts, employers cut 125,000 jobs from the nation's payrolls in June, but the loss was driven by a wave of census layoffs. Certified financial planner Arthur Stein explains what's ahead.
Tags: Federal Drive , investing , Arthur Stein , TSP , Suzanne Kubota
Big Career Changes Coming at You
Imagine working for a place where the boss could give you a bonus or pay raise for good performance, or freeze your pay and dock your annual leave if you repeatedly fail to measure up. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says imagine you are working there because it's coming your way.
Tags: Mike Causey , OPM , John Berry
The F-Word: Don't Quit Your Daytime Job
According to Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, the F-word is being heard more and more each day in federal agencies. What it means, Mike says, is don't quit your daytime job.
Tags: Mike Causey , freeze , pay debate
OPM adding another retention tool: LEAD program
Agency graduates first class from a training series that participants say will help them meet challenges they face on the job every day.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , management , OPM , John Berry , LEAD program , training , Kay Ely , Walter Kennedy , Edward Melton , DoD
Will you soon be able to invest annual leave in your TSP?
This week, Mike Causey talks with Dan Adcock, legislative director of the National Active Retired Federal Employees, about where legislation is in the House that would allow you to move unused annual leave into your TSP after leaving federal service. Then, Randy Erwin of the National Federation of Federal Employees talks about why some in Congress are keen on freezing federal pay and benefits.
Encore presentation
Tags: Your Turn , Mike Causey , NARFE , Dan Adcock , NFFE , Randy Erwin , Dorothy Ramienski , TSP , TSP News , retirement , pay raise , pay cut
Sick Leave Phase In
The good news is that Congress has given federal workers a major financial incentive to save their sick leave. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the bad news is that a full cure for the so-called FERS flu is still years away.
Tags: Mike Causey , FERS flu , sick leave
DoD calls on industry to help it save money
Undersecretary Carter says vendors providing services and weapons systems must figure out how to do more with less. He says DoD will create a preferred supplier program.
Tags: contracting , Ashton Carter , William Lynn , DoD , efficiency initiative , cost savings , Meg Beasley , management ,
