Obama proposes 1.3 percent federal pay raise for 2016

Federal Times: President Obama is proposing a 1.3 percent pay raise for federal employees in his fiscal 2016 budget, released Feb. 2.

That raise is slightly higher than the 1 percent federal employees received for fiscal 2015, but is still low by historic standards. However, Obama does not need Congress for this pay raise to become law.

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