By Brittany R. Ballenstedt
Three House lawmakers are urging the Pentagon to ensure that employees working under a new personnel system receive the compensation next year that they anticipated.
In a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Reps. Tom Davis, R-Va., Frank Wolf, R-Va., and James Moran, D-Va., expressed concern over a new policy that will change the way some Defense Department employees will receive the 2008 governmentwide pay and cost-of-living increase.
"We have been contacted by numerous constituents gravely concerned about a recent announcement that they will not be receiving the across-the-board pay raise with other federal employees due to their transfer into [the] National Security Personnel System," the lawmakers wrote.
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