Fedweek

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee also approved S-1046, which would allow higher pay for senior level employees whose agency performance evaluation systems meet certain standards. Meanwhile, the House Education and Labor Committee approved HR-2669, which would provide $5,000 of federal student loan forgiveness to students who go into public service, and would forgive any loan balances remaining after 10 years of public service if the borrower had been paying on the loan during that time.