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After the latest 5.2% federal pay raise, pay compression now applies to 60% of locality pay areas, with some senior-level feds in 35 of the 58 areas hitting an arbitrary pay ceiling.
Although OPM has made various tweaks to the federal pay system — such as removing a cap on higher pay rates, and shifting the onus for approving pay bonuses — broader problems with federal pay remain.
Joe Lewis, who joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as its chief information security officer in January 2023, said joining the Senior Executive Service is one of the best decisions he ever made.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s latest reports reveal three demographic groups that are behind in both pay and representation in leadership.
The senior leaders in government across 31 agencies will take home Presidential Rank Awards in recognition of their contributions to public service.
Recently, the Senior Executives Association announced the winners of its annual awards program. Among this year's winners was Avie Snow. Now retired, Snow spent several years as a financial manager for the Coast Guard, the Homeland Security Department, and ending at Veterans Affairs. Federal Drive Executive Producer Eric White got the chance to speak with Avie to learn more about her career path.
Approximately 315 NSF employees on levels 4 and 5 of the Administratively Determined (AD) pay scale will see cuts to their salaries take effect in January.
In today's Federal Newscast: There are some big telework changes at the Small Business Administration. The Office of Personnel Management retirement claims backlog climbs for second straight month. And the Space Force has a new motto. We'll tell you what it is.
Data from the Partnership for Public Service showed that people of color made up 16% of career SES members in 2007, increasing to 24.7% by 2022. But for senior executive group leaders, that change is not big enough.
Although the new bill from Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) would not entirely solve pay compression, the Senior Executives Association said “any action is better than no action.”
Over time, the SES has grown in numbers and become more diverse along the way, but it’s still not fully representative of the federal workforce, the Partnership for Public Service said.
Creating new locality pay areas while larger federal pay problems loom is “akin to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic,” the Senior Executives Association said. The organization is joining with others to call for a proposal from the Biden administration to fix pay compression.
Former Hill and federal executives recommend agency leaders to keep a close eye on the appropriations and be more proactive to protect against potential deep cuts.
Traci DiMartini, stepping down from her role as chief human capital officer at the General Services Administration, will move to IRS at the end of June.