Thursday, June 26, 2008
Federal Government Operations
Federal Government Operations
In Search of Equity: An Examination of Locality Pay
The Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia will hold a hearing under the title, “In Search of Equity: An Examination of Locality Pay.”
The hearing will be held on Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Subcommittee will examine how locality pay is calculated and recent legislative proposals to phase-out the non-foreign cost-of-living allowance in exchange for locality pay for federal civilian employees living in Alaska, Hawaii, and the United States territories.
For further information regarding the hearing, please contact the Subcommittee Clerk, Marcus A. Williams, at ext – 65845.
WITNESS LIST
PANEL 1:
Kathrene Hansen
Executive Director, Federal Executive Board
PANEL 2:
Charles Grimes
Deputy Associate Director, Office of Personnel Management
Hank Kashden
Deputy Chief for Business Operations, United States Forest Service
PANEL 3
Colleen Kelley
President, National Treasury Employee’s Union
Jacqueline Simon
Public Policy Director, American Federation of Government Employees
Art Gordon
National President, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association
Documents and Links
Testimony for the record, American Foreign Service Association (23 KB)- Testimony for the record, COLA Defense Committee of Oahu, Inc. (26 KB)
- Testimony for the record, Federal Managers Association (145 KB)
- Testimony for the record, Rep Barney Frank (418 KB)
- Testimony for the record, Rep Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii (31 KB)
- Testimony of Art Gordon (2 MB)
- Testimony of Charles D. Grimes (29 KB)
- Testimony of Colleen M. Kelley (377 KB)
- Testimony of Hank Kashdan (179 KB)
- Testimony of Jacqueline Simon (2 MB)
- Testimony of Kathrene Hansen (91 KB)
- Chairman's statement (64 KB)
- Testimony for the record, Rep Luis Fortuño (983 KB)
