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The Federal Salary Council (FSC) is an advisory body of the executive branch of the United States government. Established under the provisions of Title 5, section 5304(e) of the United States Code, the FSC provides recommendations on the locality pay program,[1] created by the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990 (FEPCA). The locality pay program provides for localized pay differentials, also known as "comparability payments," for federal employees paid under the pay scale of the United States federal civil service who work in the United States and its territories and possessions. Section 1911 of Public Law 111-84, the Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009, phased in locality pay for employees in the non-foreign areas as identified in Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations (5 C.F.R. 591.205). Alaska and Hawaii are separate locality-pay areas with separate pay tables. Other non-foreign areas are included as part of the "Rest of U.S." locality pay area.

By law, the

Executive Order
12764 of June 5, 1991, the OPM provides administrative support for the FSC.

History

Fraternal Order of Police; J. David Cox, president, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE); Randy L. Erwin, president, National Federation of Federal Employees; Anthony M. Reardon, president, National Treasury Employees Union; and Jacqueline Simon, public policy director, AFGE. Jill Nelson was appointed vice chair in September 2018.[2]

On October 26, 2020, Ronald Sanders, the most recent chair of FSC, resigned in protest of

Executive Order 13957 of October 21, two weeks before the 2020 elections, creating the Schedule F classification. Writing that he was a "lifelong Republican" who prided himself on having "served three Democratic and three Republican presidents,"[3] Sanders sent a letter to John D. McEntee, Presidential Personnel Office director, characterizing the Order, which had purported to hold federal employees more accountable, as a transparent attempt to remove long-standing employment protections from federal workers.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Geographic Boundaries of Locality Pay Areas, OPM.gov. Accessed 27 October 2020.
  2. National Archives
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  3. ^ Erich Wagner, Salary Council Chairman Resigns in Protest of Trump Order Politicizing Federal Workforce, 26 October 2020, Politico. Accessed 27 October 2020.
  4. ^ Emily Czachor, Trump Official Resigns Over Executive Order 'Smokescreen' That Asks for 'Political Loyalty' From Advisers, 26 Oct. 2020, Newsweek. Accessed 26 October 2020.
  5. ^ Ronald Sanders, [1], 26 October 2020, letter of Ronald Sanders. Accessed 27 October 2020.

External links

  • FACADatabase.gov - authority for and information about the FSC.
  • Federal Salary Council, May 2, 2019 memorandum on Level of Comparability Payments, 8-page PDF.
  • Official website - recommendations and minutes of meetings, including the Federal Salary Council's Recommendations for Locality Pay, 2003-2013.
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