Non-Foreign COLA: Finding an Equitable Solution

Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia

Thursday, May 29, 2008
01:00 PM

The purpose of the hearing is to review various proposals, including S. 3013, the Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act, to phase-out the non-foreign cost-of-living allowance and replace such allowance with locality pay for federal civilian employees living in Alaska, Hawaii, and the United States territories.

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Mr. Chuck D. Grimes [view testimony]
  Deputy Associate Director
  Strategic Human Resources Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management
• Mr. Bradley Bunn [view testimony]
  Program Executive Officer
  National Security Personnel System, Department of Defense
• Ms. Jo Ann Mitchell [view testimony]
  Manager
  Accounting Services, United States Postal Service

Panel 2

• Ms. Joyce Matsuo [view testimony]
  President
  Oahu COLA Defense Committee, Inc.
• Ms. Sharon Warren [view testimony]
  President
  COLA Defense Committee of Anchorage, Inc.
• Mr. Manuel Q. Cruz [view testimony]
  President
  COLA Defense Committee of Guam
• Mr. Michael Fitzgerald [view testimony]
  President
  Chapter 187, NAVFAC Hawaii, Federal Managers Association
• Ms. Terry Kaolulo [view testimony]
  President
  Hawaii State Association of Letter Carriers