Group urges sweeping civil service reforms

Federal Times: The federal pay system would shrink from 15 to 5 levels, agencies would have greater flexibility in hiring and pay would be based on performance, under a new system laid out by the Partnership For Public Service in a report released April 2.

The report, issued in partnership with contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, calls for overhauling the entire civil service system, including pay, performance management, hiring, job classification, accountability and workplace justice and includes changes to the Senior Executive Service.

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