A look back at top federal workforce stories of 2016

From pay raises, to continuing resolutions, to the election of Donald Trump as president, Federal News Radio counts down the top 10 stories federal workforce st...

Jory Heckman@jheckmanWFED

December 15, 2016 11:43 am

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Obama orders pay raise parity for all feds

(Editor’s note: Stories about President Obama’s actions on federal pay consistently ranked as some of our most-read stories of the year. For the sake of this “top 10,” we’ve consolidated them as one item.)

President Barack Obama gave federal employees a small parting gift by increasing the pay raise for civilian agency employees so that it equals that of Defense Department employees.

Obama sent a new letter to Congress Dec. 8 saying he is directing all agencies to give employees a 2.1 percent pay raise for fiscal 2017. The new order supersedes the one he signed on Nov. 29 calling for a 1.6 percent pay raise for next year when combined with locality pay.