Growing the Workforce but not the Payroll

Another item in the budget likely to stir controversy on Capitol Hill is the proposal to repeal parts of last year's consolidated appropriations bill, signed by Bush, that makes it more difficult for agencies to contract out jobs held by federal employees.

The legislation requires that private-sector bids show a savings of $10 million or 10 percent beyond the cost of keeping the work in agencies, prevents contractors from gaining an advantage by ... Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

Informative piece, though potentially problematic in the analysis. It's not obvious (to me) that there's a problem with differences in civilian vs. military pay increases. There's no comparative or projection data that shows that not increasing civilian wage more means worse government. It could very well be that civilian federal employees are already paid quite well, comparatively.

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