Concerned about IRS making improper payments? They would have modernized by now if not for below market salaries and bureaucratic nightmare of the GS system.
Wang's story makes the National Academy of Public Administration's case for shifting "from a culture of compliance to one focused on performance" ... “through flexible teams, not rigid structures, and building competencies around employees, not positions."
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Rather than determine gov't salaries by looking at similar positions in the private sector, GS pay levels rise according to an opaque formula based on BLS survey data.
That means mass layoffs of lower wage workers may lead to a big GS pay bump. Craziness!
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That means mass layoffs of lower wage workers may lead to a big GS pay bump. Craziness!
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Hey hey, ho ho, the U.S. government's General Schedule salary system has got to go!
