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Secret retirement bonus plan
Did you hear about the secret retirement- incentive plan in Congress? It would give you a cash buyout, and add five years to your age and years of service in order to boost your annuity. It is perfect in its simplicity except for one vexing detail - it's not true, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , benefits , Triple Nickel , Congress
New TSP rules help Hurricane Sandy victims
Under temporary rules issued by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, feds can continue to contribute to their Thrift Savings Plan. FRTIB will waive a rule that prevents contributions for six months after taking a hardship withdrawal.
Tags: TSP , FRTIB , benefits , Michael OConnell
Medicare Part B and the presidential election
NARFE's David Snell joins host Mike Causey to
talk about best health care buys for federal
retirees. Sean Reilly from the Federal Times
will discuss the presidential election and its
impact on feds.
November 7, 2012
Tags: pay and benefits , Medicare part B , sequestration , health care , David Snell , NARFE , Open Season , Sean Reilly , Federal Times , USPS , Mike Causey , Your Turn
Postmaster General urges quick action in lame duck session
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe says his number one priority is seeing legislation passed in the upcoming lame-duck session of Congress that will help the U.S. Postal Service get out of debt. In an exclusive interview with Federal News Radio, Donahoe details the latest on the agency's financial situation, buyouts, the consolidation of mail processing centers, and its plan to cut window hours at half of its post offices across the country.
Tags: USPS , budget , POSTPlan , Metro Post , Congress , buyouts , Patrick Donahoe , postal reform , mail processing centers , exclusive , Julia Ziegler
Air traffic controllers and more
Trish Gilbert, executive vice president of the
National Air Traffic Controllers Association,
joins host Mike Causey on today's show. Mike
will also talk about the upcoming elections with
writers from the Federal Times.
October 31, 2012
Tags: pay and benefits , 2012 election , trish gilbert , National Air Traffic Controllers Association , Federal Times , USPS , Mike Causey , Your Turn
TSP contribution limit increases in 2013
Federal employees can contribute a maximum of $17,500 annually to their Thrift Savings Plan next year — up from the $17,000 limit this year, according to the IRS.
Tags: pay and benefits , TSP
2012 Buyout Guide
A list of agencies considering or offering buyouts and early retirements in 2012.
Tags: buyouts , workforce , budget , pay and benefits , VSIP , VERA , management , Ruben Gomez
Broadcasting Board of Governors offers buyouts, early outs
Employees have until Nov. 9 to apply for a Voluntary Incentive Separation Payments (VSIP) and they must leave the agency by Dec. 31. Employees have until Nov. 30, 2013, to apply for a Voluntary Early Retirement Authority.
Tags: BBG , VOA , pay and benefits , VERA , VSIP ,
USPS pension surplus due to wrong salary assumptions, IG finds
Currently, more than 70 percent of postal craft employees have already reached the top of their pay scale, according to the USPS Office of the Inspector General.
Tags: USPS , pay and benefits , David Partenheimer , Jon Foley , OPM , FERS , Jolie Lee
Social Security benefits get a 1.7 percent bump
Tags: Social Security , cost of living ,
