President Obama Appoints National Secretary-Treasurer William D. Fenaughty to Federal Salary Council
Wednesday, November 3, 2010(National Federation of Federal Employees)
Recently, President Barack Obama
appointed NFFE National Secretary-Treasurer
William D. Fenaughty to serve on the Federal
Salary Council (FSC), an advisory body
responsible for making recommendations on
locality pay for workers under the General
Schedule. A civil servant and union
representative for nearly 35 years, Fenaughty
brings a wealth of experience to the committee,
which he intends to use for the benefit of the
federal workforce.
“I am
honored and proud to have been appointed to the
FSC by President Obama as the NFFE Labor
Representative,” said Fenaughty. “I look
forward to working with the other Council
members on behalf of federal
employees.”
The
advisory group is tasked with submitting
recommendations on the locality pay program to
the President's Pay Agent. The FSC's
recommendations cover the establishment or
modification of pay localities, the coverage of
salary surveys (conducted by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics) used to set locality pay, the
process for making pay comparisons, and the
level of comparability payments that should be
made. The FSC's recommendations are advisory
only and are not binding on the President. The
President's Pay Agent makes the final
determination as to the establishment or
disestablishment of locality pay areas and also
makes the final recommendation to the President
regarding the amount of the annual pay
adjustment.
The FSC
was established under the Federal Employees Pay
Comparability Act of 1990, which was signed
into law by President George H.W Bush as a way
to close the large pay gap between lower-paid
federal workers and workers doing comparable
work in the private sector. The committee is
comprised of three labor relations experts and
six federal union representatives, each
appointed by the President.