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Washington Post
May 16, 2008
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Federal Diary
By Stephen Barr
Congress appears settled on providing a higher raise to the military. Military personnel would receive a 3.9 percent pay raise next year under a defense bill approved by the House Armed Services Committee yesterday. Last month, the Senate Armed Services Committee also backed a 3.9 percent raise.
The Bush administration, in its February budget request, recommended a 3.4 percent raise for the military and a 2.9 percent raise, including locality adjustments, for the civil service next year.
The House committee also wants to suspend the outsourcing of federal work, known as A-76 competitions, for three years. The halt is needed "to ensure that the [military] services' operational obligations may be fully met." The committee would require the Office of Management and Budget to develop a definition of "inherently governmental" for use by all agencies. The definition would help determine which federal jobs should only be performed by government personnel.
The American Federation of Government Employees, which has urged House members to stop contracting-out efforts by the Pentagon, praised the committee's actions.
May 16, 2008
Pg. D4
Federal Diary
By Stephen Barr
Congress appears settled on providing a higher raise to the military. Military personnel would receive a 3.9 percent pay raise next year under a defense bill approved by the House Armed Services Committee yesterday. Last month, the Senate Armed Services Committee also backed a 3.9 percent raise.
The Bush administration, in its February budget request, recommended a 3.4 percent raise for the military and a 2.9 percent raise, including locality adjustments, for the civil service next year.
The House committee also wants to suspend the outsourcing of federal work, known as A-76 competitions, for three years. The halt is needed "to ensure that the [military] services' operational obligations may be fully met." The committee would require the Office of Management and Budget to develop a definition of "inherently governmental" for use by all agencies. The definition would help determine which federal jobs should only be performed by government personnel.
The American Federation of Government Employees, which has urged House members to stop contracting-out efforts by the Pentagon, praised the committee's actions.