Letter from the President Regarding An Alternative Plan for Pay Increases for Civilian Federal Employees
August 21, 2012
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
I am transmitting an alternative plan for pay increases for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay systems for 2013.
Title 5, United States Code, authorizes me to implement alternative pay plans for pay increases for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay systems if, because of “national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare,” I view the adjustments that would otherwise take effect as inappropriate. Continue reading “Letter from the President Regarding An Alternative Plan for Pay Increases for Civilian Federal Employees”