Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) has introduced a Senior Executive Service reform bill which, among other things, would fix a pay system which holds down pay and discourages executives from remaining.
The House on March 29 passed the budget resolution introduced this month by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).
More than 6,000 Air Force employees in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System will move this weekend from a pay-banded structure to a one similar to the General Schedule pay system.
House Republicans released details of their fiscal 2013 budget which, among other things, would freeze federal civilian pay for another three years, cut the federal workforce, and trim back federal employee benefits.
The number of feds getting automatic grade promotions, also called career ladder promotions, has jumped dramatically during the past few years.
The Senate on March 13 rejected an amendment to a surface transportation bill that would have extended the federal civilian pay freeze for a third year.
The Senate is slated to vote on March 13 on a surface transportation bill amendment that would extend the federal employee pay freeze through the end of 2013.
An economic think tank released data this month showing that inflation-adjusted wages for young workers new to the workforce were lower in 2011 than in 2000.
Employee groups reacted sharply to President Obama’s fiscal 2013 budget proposal.
A federal employee union is launching a nationwide advertising campaign to push back at the increasing number of Republican bills in Congress that call for federal pay freeze extensions and cuts to federal benefits.