Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
Adjusts Pay Rates for Federal Employees and Uniformed Services
What it does
Agencies must apply the attached pay schedules and implement locality-based payments for affected personnel.
Real-world impact
- Sets new pay rates for federal civilian employees across multiple pay systems.
- Adjusts monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services.
- Updates salaries for judges, the Vice President, and members of Congress.
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Summary
This order sets new pay rates across many federal pay systems by attaching official pay schedules. It covers the General Schedule, Foreign Service, Veterans Health Administration, Senior Executive Service, executive and congressional pay, judicial pay, administrative law judges, and uniformed service basic pay.
The order directs the Office of Personnel Management to implement locality-based comparability payments, specifies effective dates beginning January 1, 2008, and supersedes a prior pay order; it affects federal workers, military members, judges, and elected officials.
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