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  • Pay Agent rejects new locality pay areas

    The President\'s pay agent said federal employees should not receive locality pay adjustments in 2012, despite recommendations by the Federal Salary Council for an increase.

    Budget
    May 16, 2011
  • GAO: DoD lacks plan to evaluate transitioned NSPS employees

    The Defense Department lacks details for how it will evaluate its 226,000 civilian employees after they transition from the merit-based National Security Personnel System to the General Schedule by the end of this year.

    Congress
    April 28, 2011
  • In pay debate, call for General Schedule restructuring

    The Partnership for Public Service\'s Max Stier argues for a restructuring of the General Schedule, a key issue in the debate over federal employee pay.

    All News
    March 16, 2011
  • OPM, Republicans continue battle over federal pay

    Director John Berry pushes back against claims from members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that federal employees are overpaid. Rep. Issa called the pay freeze a \"farce\" and wants step-increases frozen for this year. Berry and Democrat lawmakers continue to make the case that feds deserve their salaries.

    Management
    March 09, 2011
  • Promotion freeze proposed for all federal workers

    In addition to the numerous amendments under consideration decreasing agency budgets and staffing levels, two new amendments would hit federal employees on the General Schedule, freezing all promotions across government.

    Pay
    February 17, 2011
  • OPM trying to correct fed salary facts

    Agency said latest statistics find on average federal employees make 22 percent less than their private sector counterparts. Sheldon Friedman, chairman of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, says recent news stories about feds making more than the private sector do not accurately depict the data.

    Workforce
    August 13, 2010
  • HReinvented: Feds mixed on OPM’s HR reform plans, survey finds

    A new Federal News Radio survey finds that almost half of all respondents do not think federal human resource processes will improve. Employees also say they think most of the HR processes need to be overhauled, but think the GS System works.

    Defense
    April 05, 2010
  • OPM eliminates time-in grade restriction

    Federal employees at a General Schedule grade 5 and above no longer have to stay in their current grade for a year before being able to be compete for a new job at a higher…

    Benefits
    November 07, 2008
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