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Federal Slackers Face a Whacking!
Feds who goof off on the job, or who spend all day surfing the net, watching the clock or on personal business are in for trouble. Congress is coming. So why are the vast majority of civil servants not quaking in their boots? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey tells all.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , performance pay
Your Threat Assessment Score Card!
If you are feeling paranoid, that is you are convinced that people in high places are out to get you, you can relax. You are not crazy. That's the good part. The bad part, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, is you are right to worry because your pay, pension and health insurance package are all on the chopping block. You need a scorecard to keep track, and we've got it.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , scorecard , health premiums , FERS , CSRS , retirement
Your Threat Level: Pretty Darn High!
The all-important pay and benefits package of federal and postal workers, and retirees, is under attack as never before. And while it is way too soon to panic, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you need to run down a checklist to see where things are. We've got a team of experts standing by.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , high 5 , pay raise , TSP , COLA , diet COLA
Estate planning and more
Host Mike Causey is joined by estate planner Tom O'Rourke to discuss what you need to do to make sure your estate is in order. Also, Federal Times reporter Steve Losey gives us an update on a couple of bills making their way through Congress.
April 27, 2011
Tags: pay and benefits , estate planning , Tom O' Rourke , IRS , Federal Times , federal workforce , Your Turn , Mike Causey , Congress , budget , Steve Losey
3 Year Pay Freeze is the Good News?
Did you ever think you'd live (and work) long enough to the point where a pay freeze of "only" 3 years would come across as good news? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says these may be the good old days right now.
Tags: pay and benefits , Mike Causey , COLA
Moran at 'wits end' over looming BRAC disaster
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) sees a perfect storm in the future for federal employees and anyone else trying to commute through his district as a result of BRAC. He tells Federal News Radio he's at his wits' end trying to avert a traffic disaster.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , training , Federal Supervisor Training Act , Jim Moran , traffic , BRAC , Suzanne Kubota , pay and benefits ,
House passes 2012 budget with staff cuts, 3-year pay freeze
The House passed a fiscal year 2012 bill today that freezes federal pay for three years and cuts the federal workforce by 10 percent through attrition.
Tags: budget , House , Congress , pay and benefits , Path to Prosperity
The good old days for feds - both of them!
Most individuals have a time period they consider the good old days...when kids were kids...people didn't lock their doors. But Mike Causey says that for many federal workers the good old days didn't last very long because they only included last weekend!
Tags: shutdown , pay and benefits , Mike Causey , Federal Report , deficit reduction commission , COLA , CSRS , FERS
GOP budget plan cuts fed workforce, freezes pay for 3 years
Tags: Paul Ryan , Jason Chaffetz , budget , Barack Obama , shutdown , debt limit , pay and benefits , reduction in force , attrition , House Budget Committee , House , Republicans , Jolie Lee
Shutdown, Furloughs, and Givebacks
Federal Times editor Steve Watkins and senior writer Steve Losey, financial planner Arthur Stein, and president of the Senior Executives Association Carol Bonosaro join us to answer your questions.
Tags: shutdown , budget , pay and benefits , Mike Causey , Your Turn with Mike Causey , Steve Watkins , Federal Times , furlough , Steve Losey , Arthur Stein , Carol Bonasaro , SES
