By Brittany R. Ballenstedt bballenstedt@govexec.com
August 2, 2007
A specialist in the Congressional Research Service is drawing renewed attention to the issue of crowding at the top of the federal pay scale.
Curtis Copeland, a specialist in American national government at CRS, told members of a House subcommittee Tuesday that ceilings limiting maximum compensation are creating compression at the high end of pay schedules, and cases where the officials in one system are paid as much as higher-ups in another. And while pay compression is not a new issue, it is a growing problem, testimony from the hearing indicates.
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