New Pay Scale for Civilian Federal Employees

The Bush administration, as announced by acting director Dan Blair, has proposed sweeping changes in the way pay is determined for civilian federal employees (link: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0605/060705d1.htm ). Basically, the GS pay system which has been the predominant means of setting pay for about the last 60 years would be changed based on experimental approaches used in Defense and Homeland Security. Federal unions and Congress appear to initially be skeptical.