By Brittany R. Ballenstedt bballenstedt@govexec.com
July 26, 2007
There seems to be a developing consensus among federal human resources executives that scrapping the decades-old General Schedule pay system is a necessity.
"I fear that if we don't move forward with [a pay-for-performance system] at a brisk pace, the folks we've brought into the federal service and invested heavily in as our future will leave us," said Ron Sanders, chief human capital officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, last week at an event sponsored by the Partnership for Public Service.
And more than half of respondents to a survey given 55 human resources officials across government said they believed pay for performance should be a long-term goal, the Partnership noted in a recent report. But the officials cautioned that such a system will require small, measured steps and that credible performance management systems and appraisals must come first.
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