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Pay & Benefits
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is urging Congress to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration before lawmakers fly home for the August break. LaHood said 4,000 FAA employees, about 70,000 workers in the private sector and more than 200 airport projects are depending on them.
August 02, 2011 -
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The end of the world as Washington knows it was supposed to take place today. But it has been fixed by the people who almost caused it. And your pension check, your pay check and your job are safe. For now.
August 02, 2011 -
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Tom Trabucco, the Director of External Affairs at the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, explains why you don\'t have to worry about the debt impacting your TSP.
August 01, 2011 -
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Even with the debt limit crisis settled, federal workers are going to be hearing, and living with the F-word for a long time. F in this case stands for furloughs and freezes.
August 01, 2011 -
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Tammy Flanagan, the Senior Benefits Director at National Institute of Transition Planning, explains how you can get ready and then make the right decision.
July 29, 2011 -
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The children of federal workers\' same-sex partners may qualify for their agency\'s childcare benefits under a rule proposed Thursday by the Office of Personnel Management. The rule is part of an effort to make family benefits available to all eligible workers wherever possible.
July 29, 2011 -
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House Transportation Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) is at the center of the legislative stalemate over FAA reauthorization. He spoke with Federal News Radio about the impact it\'s having on FAA workers.
July 29, 2011 -
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Federal workers\' pay, pensions and health premiums are on the line and definitely in the line of fire as Congress and the White House limp toward a solution to the debt limit crisis. Federal News Radio senior correspondent Mike Causey wants to know what are the primary targets?
July 29, 2011 -
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Greg Long, the executive director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which oversees federal employees\' TSP, reassured a House subcommittee that failure to raise the debt ceiling would not affect investments to the G Fund. Because of a 1987 law, even when the Treasury Department stops issuing securities, investors are protected.
July 28, 2011 -
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Depending on how the debt ceiling issue is settled - or not - furloughs could be just around the corner for hundreds of thousands of federal workers. If so, how would they work and are you ready? Would it be a dreamy surprise mid-summer dream or a pre-back-to-school nightmare?
July 28, 2011 -
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\"There\'s not a whole lot of talk about this, because it\'s just overcome by the whole debt ceiling crisis,\" says Mike MacDonald, regional vice president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. July 27, 2011
July 27, 2011 -
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In today\'s newscast, is FAA closer to a deal to end those layoffs? Plus, are federal benefits safe in the debt ceiling debate?
July 27, 2011 -
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Washington\'s real and self-appointed experts agree something big is going to happen by August 2. Exactly what it is, however, is in dispute Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. The one thing that seems certain is that federal pay and benefits are considered part of the problem by both sides.
July 27, 2011 -
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Proposed changes to federal employees\' workers\' compensation program could result in lower benefits, testified unions and employee groups Tuesday at a Senate subcommittee hearing.
July 26, 2011
