| Comment Number: | OL-10501837 |
| Received: | 2/28/2005 9:16:23 AM |
| Subject: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| Title: | National Security Personnel System |
| CFR Citation: | 5 CFR Chapter XCIX and Part 9901 |
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Comments:
“(e) LIMITATIONS RELATING TO PAY Proposed System: ‘‘(3) To the maximum extent practicable, the rates of compensation for civilian employees at the Department of Defense shall be adjusted at the same rate, and in the same proportion, as are rates of compensation for members of the uniformed services. Under the current system General Schedule (GS) employees received a 2.5 % increase under 5 U.S.C. 5303, section 640(a) of Division H of Public Law 108-447, and Executive order 13368, December 30, 2004. Fiscal Year 2004 Military Authorization Act (H.R. 1588) the President has signed it into law. Among other things, the act includes the base pay raise for FY 2004. As with the past five years, the Congress decided to "target" the pay raise. That means that mid-level officers and mid-level NCOs will receive a larger percentage raise than other pay grades. The average pay raise is 4.1 percent with some members receiving as little as 3.7 percent, and others receiving as much as 6.25 percent. My question is: How would the NSPS pay raise be calculated? Would the raise be similar to the military system where as mid-level employees would get a larger raise than an entry level employee or would it be an across the board raise?