general schedule
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Automatic General Schedule step increases, the lengthy federal hiring process and the retirement supplement for certain employees are among the issues Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) has highlighted in his annual waste book.
March 05, 2019 -
Left in limbo are tens of thousands of workers at or near the top of GS-15. That cap covers GS-15 workers in steps 8, 9 and 10 in the Washington-Baltimore area and extends down to step 5 in San Francisco and San Jose.
March 04, 2019 -
When it comes to salaries, not all men — or women — who work for Uncle Sam are created equal, or at least treated so. Some are more equal than others.
February 26, 2019 -
Traditionally, most knowledgeable folks thought fracturing the federal workforce into different hiring, classification and pay systems, or “Balkanizing” the federal workforce was a bad idea.
July 31, 2018 -
Jeff Neal, senior vice president at ICF and former chief human capital officer at DHS, examines whether federal employees soon will see governmentwide pay for performance.
April 18, 2018 -
In locations with fewer federal workers and/or fewer high grade jobs, promotion opportunities for employees in lower grade jobs are more limited than that of employees at the same grade in the D.C. region.
April 12, 2018 -
Few people will argue that the civil service needs no reform. The job classification and pay systems are outdated, the hiring process is terrible and employee accountability is an issue that troubles both outsiders and government workers.
February 20, 2018 -
President Donald Trump's fiscal 2019 budget request includes several other recommendations that would change current retirement, health and other benefits for federal employees.
February 12, 2018 -
Some of the highest ranking, most experienced and talented federal workers in the Washington, D.C. area won't be getting a pay raise this month.
January 08, 2018 -
The processes that the civil service uses may be broken, or at least badly in need of repairs, but the civil service workforce is far from broken.
August 02, 2017 -
The IRS is reviewing its managerial pay system after the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration identified over 1,500 instances where managerial pay raises were applied incorrectly.
April 04, 2017 -
Most people expect a raise when they get a promotion. But for some feds in 2017, thanks to salary compression, that’s not the case.
January 23, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the best paid federal workers aren't here, and if you want a pay raise, your best move is to move.
January 10, 2017 -
The number of job series should be reduced by at least half, and more likely by three-quarters, says former DHS CHCO Jeff Neal. It also makes for an arduous and overly complex hiring process for applicants from outside government.
September 15, 2014 -
In a new report, the Government Accountability Office says the Office of Personnel Management needs to be more aggressive in updating the 55-year-old General Schedule, the system that governs pay for most white-collar federal jobs.
September 02, 2014