Bush issues order for 2.2 percent pay raise (Executive order)

[The Straight Story]

Bush issues order for 2.2 percent pay raise

By Karen Rutzick
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President Bush issued an executive order Thursday morning officially granting white-collar federal employees a 2.2 percent pay raise in 2007.

Federal employees can expect the increase to be factored into their first paycheck of the new year, with the overall raise split between a 1.7 percent across-the-board raise and a 0.5 percent adjustment that will vary by locality.

For 2007, federal officials have changed the formula under which locality differentials are distributed, awarding more money to cities with larger pay gaps between the private and public sectors. Employees in the Washington area will receive a 2.64 percent raise. Those in New York will get 3.03 percent; in Boston, 2.53 percent; and in San Diego, 2.68 percent. In areas outside of major cities, employees will receive a 1.81 percent total raise.

The 2007 pay tables, including the locality pay differentials, can be found here.

Congress has not officially passed a civilian pay raise for 2007, so Bush's executive order could be supplanted by a move from lawmakers, prompting a retroactive additional pay hike. But since lawmakers already passed a 2.2 percent raise for the military, it is unlikely that civilians will see the 2.7 percent raise their unions and professional groups advocated.

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[demnan]

1. What? You mean the do nothing Congress couldn't

even pass a government pay raise for workers?

[havocmom]

2. That may have entailed passing a budget,

which they were too busy to do.

Meddling in private lives takes a lot of time ;)

[Nite Owl]

3. During the campaign

our soon to be ex repuke congressman replied questions about his vote for a Congressional payraise saying that if they didn't vote for it then Federal workers wouldn't get a raise either implying that the vote was really for them. Another repuke lie.