FederalDaily - June 28, 2007
OPM Report: SES Bonuses Dip Slightly
Bonuses for members of the federal Senior Executive Service (SES) averaged about $13,200 in Fiscal
Year 2006, which represent a slight drop from the previous year, said a new Office of Personnel Management
report released on June 25. The OPM looked at how well agencies were using the new pay-for-performance
system that rewards the 7,137 career and non-career SES members. The system is built around performance-based
pay and doesn’t guarantee annual raises and locality adjustments like those common elsewhere
in the federal work force. An “outstanding” federal career executive, at the top of a five-level
rating system, received on average a bonus of $14,290 and a pay raise of $5,644 in FY 2006, the
report said. Roughly one in two (43.4 percent) of all SES members rated at the highest level. The percentage
of SES members receiving bonuses varied by agency, with 93.1 percent of SES members in the Department
of Housing and Urban Development receiving awards, 91.7 percent at the Department of Labor, 82.2 percent
at the Department of Veterans Affairs and 91 percent at DoD. To see more, go to: www.opm.gov/news/opm-issues-report-on-senior-executive-compensation,1192.aspx
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OSC: State Dept. Improperly Reissued Recruitment Announcement
Some State Department officials and members of the agency’s human resources staff will be required
to take training in Prohibited Personnel Practices (PPP) after an Office of Special Council (OSC) investigation
concluded the department had improperly reissued a recruitment announcement. The agency agreed to the
additional training as part of a confidential settlement with OSC announced on June 25. Names of those
involved were not released. OSC found that agency officials improperly re-advertised for a vacant position—and
included a new rating and ranking factor—after their preferred candidate failed to qualify under
the initial vacancy announcement. Also, the agency agreed to re-advertise the position and to contact
previous applicants to determine their continued interest, OSC said in a statement. Granting an unauthorized
preference or advantage to any employee or applicant for the purpose of improving their employment
prospects is prohibited under federal law, OSC said, adding that the agency claimed the violations
were unintentional. To see more, go to: www.osc.gov/documents/press/2007/pr07_10.htm
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FEMA, Coast Guard Supervisors Charged with Falsifying Records
A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supervisor and her older sister, a Coast Guard supervisor,
were indicted on charges of conspiracy and alteration/falsification of records in a federal investigation,
the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced June 22. Yvonne Jenkins O’Neal, 46, a FEMA Supervisory
Logistics Management Specialist, and her sister, LaVera Lincoln, 54, a property supervisor at the Coast
Guard station in Alameda, Calif., were charged as part of a FEMA investigation of O’Neal. FEMA
investigators were looking into reports that O’Neal allegedly had misused government personnel
and credit cards, the government said. According to the charges, during the FEMA investigation, O’Neal—with
Lincoln’s assistance—allegedly tried to cover up the purported misuse by submitting what
the indictment says are false records to investigators. Each faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted
on both charges. To see more, go to: www.usdoj.gov/usao/can/press/2007/2007_06_22_oneal.lincoln.arraignment.press.html
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