....and the talking heads go CRAZY!!!
Instead of the freeze, looks like a raise could be coming.
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cf...rts_budgetfy10Bill with 1.4 percent federal pay raise clears Senate committee
An appropriations bill including a 1.4 percent raise for civilian federal employees cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday.
The Fiscal 2011 Financial Services and General Government spending bill includes a 1.4 percent increase for federal employees, the figure President Obama requested.
....and the talking heads go CRAZY!!!
a 1.4 percent increase for federal employees, the figure President Obama requested.
That's absolutely amazing and I am so grateful for having the honor and priviledge of being a Federal Employee.
It may be a previous President has requested a certain amount but as I remember it ~~ in previous years it's pretty much been a 'default' and the President simply signs whatever he ends up having to deal with.
I would have been 'Thrilled' with a 1% increase - in light of all our country has gone through lately.
For a President to ask for a 1.4% increase shows how deeply he does try to honor the people that work for him and for the country at large. To me it means a whole lot more when I'm getting a good increase NOT because it's an automatic event -- but because the President specifically took note and requested something that truly shows 'he cares'.
THANK YOU!! Mr. President
OMG...................I"ve heard it all now........................
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BO is such a sweetheart, that Govt Retirees and Social Security get ZERO $0 again! Of course we can afford it. blowup.gif
Note concerning the 1.4%:
The amount of the President's recommendation isn't simply what the President wishes to give. The amount (this year, 1.4%) is the result of calculations set in federal law, and is determined MORE THAN A YEAR IN ADVANCE of the date it is requested to take effect.
See the "President's Pay Agent" at:
http://www.opm.gov/oca/payagent/
The 1.4% figure was recommended by the President's Pay Agent on December 9, 2009, based on pay data collected through the end of 2008.
That's right- the amount of the January 2011 pay raise, is based on how the civilian labor market was doing in the year 2008.
Don't expect a big raise next year- as the 2012 raise will be based on how private salaries did in 2009.
I will be sincerely grateful for whatever raise, if any, I get.
Thanks James, that makes a lot more since and sounds 1,000% more believable.
Cause the way it read -- I'm like totally floored.
I mean since when is any President going to give 2 beans.
You're a good guy Jim - you really are.
Oooooooh Terri -- gosh it seems like I've waited a lifetime to finally have the opportunity to turn your little 'gray' box into something more beautiful...
...like the Vibrant Green you have now.
I can tell that basically everyone (guys and girls alike) are glad you're here.
NO! I won't go on and on every time you make a post -- but once in a great while --- like a really rare solar eclipse ---
someone will say something and I'm like WOW!! .. who is this bright spot filling the MB with radiance and wonder.
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