Federal Government Policy and Business

GAO says feds’ salaries should be based on performance, not seniority

Federal Times: Federal agency efforts to recruit and retain talent are being hampered by an outdated classification system, an overly complicated hiring process, poor employee engagement and performance management, and “an outmoded [pay] system that rewards length of service rather than individual performance,” according to Robert Goldenkoff, the Government Accountability Office’s director of strategic issues.

Appearing in front of the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Goldenkoff spoke on the need to carefully consider the federal compensation system and its modernization to avoid a mission-critical skills gap as more than 34 percent of current governmentwide employees become eligible to retire in 2020.

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