Death Knell for 1990 Pay Law?
In what could sound the death knell for the 1990 Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act-the law that was supposed to …More
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The three stock-based Thrift Savings Plan investment funds all suffered losses in January, with the common stock (C) fund down …More
More Waiting Ahead
If the 2003 raise is set at 4.1 percent retroactive, it likely would be several weeks afterward until agency payroll …More
No Veto Threat on 4.1 Percent Raise
Congress hopes to conclude work this week on the budget for the fiscal year that is now almost five months …More
Budget Reviews ‘Governing with Accountability’
The Bush administration budget includes a section reviewing agency performance in meeting the President’s Management Agenda, a set of reforms …More
SES Pay Reform Also Proposed
The administration’s budget also seeks to reform pay-setting for senior executive service members by replacing the current six-step pay system …More
Benefit Programs Generally Left Alone
Other than the funding shift proposal, the White House budget makes little mention of basic federal employee benefits such as …More
Retirement, FEHB Proposal Repeated
The Bush administration budget repeats a proposal it made last year and that was rejected by Congress involving the financing …More
Opposition Appears to Be Weakening
Supporters of a 4.1 percent 2003 federal raise say the administration-which for most of last year was advocating 2.6 percent …More
2003 Raise Still Not Settled
Congress hopes to finally resolve by the end of next week the now year-long battle over the size of the …More
‘Pay Prisons’ Decried
The administration proposal states that “rewarding top employees and those with unusually important skills is preferable to the traditional method …More
Some Details Still to Come
The budget specifies that under the performance fund plan, the current general schedule system would remain unchanged and individual employees …More
How Performance Fund Would Work
The proposed pay-for-performance fund-formally, the Human Capital Performance Fund-would give raises over and above any annual, across-the-board pay raise for …More
Performance Pay Fund Another Twist
The administration’s budget proposal also includes, as previously indicated, a request for $500 million for agencies to use to reward …More
Military Pay Parity Fight to Recur
The Bush administration’s budget proposal meanwhile seeks raises for uniformed military personnel ranging from 2 percent to 6.25 percent. However, …More
2 Percent Raise for 2004 Proposed
As earlier indicated, the Bush administration has proposed giving general schedule employees a 2 percent across-the-board raise in January 2004, …More
Davis Backs Pay for Performance
The new chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., has said he favors a greater link …More
Details of Reform Proposal
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Other Provisions Also Wide-Ranging
Other provisions of the Voinovich plan would: expand the circumstances in which recruitment, relocation and retention bonuses may be paid; …More
Demonstration Project Authority a Key Idea
Voinovich’s civil service reform proposal would eliminate the limits on how many demonstration projects could be underway at one time …More
New Civil Service Reform Bill Offered
Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, has reintroduced in Congress legislation (S-129) that would revise civil service rules in a variety of …More
Agencies Would Have to Absorb Cost
The pending continuing resolution budget measure containing the 4.1 percent raise does not specifically appropriate money to cover the costs …More
Senate Measure Backs 4.1 Percent Increase
A budget measure passed by the Senate to carry federal agencies through the remainder of the current fiscal year specifies …More
2004 Proposal to Be 2 Percent
Meanwhile, officials confirmed that the White House intends to recommend as part of its budget proposal to be unveiled next …More
Agencies Would Receive Allotments
Each agency would receive their share of the proposed pay pool (initially $500 million, though that amount could change during …More
SES Pay Grades Would Be Abolished
Under the administration’s new pay proposal the six Senior Executive Service pay grades would be abolished and the current $142,500 …More
Proposed New Pay Raises Not ‘Bonuses’
These senior officials emphasized that the raises are not considered bonuses. Nor would the system replace any bonuses already allowed. …More
Bush Proposes Extra Pay for Top Performers
The Bush administration soon will ask Congress to allow federal agencies to increase the pay of top performers that would …More
Pay Continuation for Activated Employees Proposed
Legislation (HR-217) has been offered in the House by Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., to maintain the salaries of federal employees …More
Drug Costs a Difficult Issue
GAO noted that even without “pharmacy benefit manager” arrangements FEHB carriers likely would be able to negotiate some type of …More
