Federal White-Collar Pay: FY2008 Salary Adjustments (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Jan. 25, 2008 |
| Report Number |
RL33732 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Barbara L. Schwemle, Government and Finance Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
Federal white-collar employees are intended by law to receive an annual payadjustment and a locality-based comparability payment, effective in January of eachyear, under Section 529 of P.L. 101-509, the Federal Employees Pay ComparabilityAct (FEPCA) of 1990. The law has never been implemented as originally enacted;annual and locality payments pursuant to the statute have been reduced each year.Federal white-collar employees received a 2.5% annual pay adjustment and a 1.0%locality-based comparability payment in January 2008. President George W. Bushauthorized the average 3.5% pay adjustment in Executive Order 13454, issued onJanuary 4, 2008. Although the annual adjustment and the locality payment aresometimes referred to as cost-of-living adjustments, neither is based on changes inthe cost of living.
