OPM begins data call for special pay grades

Federal Times: The Office of Personnel Management started its yearly assessment of special pay grades for federal employees this week, calling for agency reviews in an Aug. 4 memo.

The review looks at locality and other specific pay grades that are adjusted to higher levels for federal jobs with a history of recruitment and retention difficulties, such as Customs and Border Protection guards in the Bakken Oil Field in Montana and North Dakota.

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