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Quietly Making a Difference

More so than any Pubic Service Recognition Week I can remember, federal employees are feeling uncertain about what the future holds.

It seems like every week a new attack on their pay, benefits, or jobs emerges from the media and Capitol Hill, casting a dark shadow over their work lives. In this toxic environment anxiety, disillusion, and uncertainty – or some combination of the three – should logically rule the day.

But oddly enough, I have sensed a strong sense of optimism among our members. Although the road has been tough – even to the point where many felt like throwing in the towel – federal workers continue to show up to work every day proud to serve their country, quietly go doing the essential work our nation has come to expect from them.

Despite the pay freeze, retirement cuts, and budget tightening, these dedicated women and men have taken it all in stride, and carried on with their mission. They come to work every day to be stewards of our national parks and forests, to provide care for our veterans, and to find housing for the needy. They come to work every day to make sure terrorists don’t get passports, to ensure that our oceans, waterways, and skies are safe, and to see that our troops go to battle with the best support our nation can provide.

Federal employees come to work every day and make a difference – sometimes in the lives of millions, and sometimes in the life of just one. They are federal employees because there is a job to be done, and they are not just proud, but honored, to do it.

They are not asking for recognition – this week or any other week. All they ask for is the ability to serve their country.

So throughout this Public Service Recognition Week, let us honor the silent sacrifices that our nation’s civil servants make for all of us – every day. It is their selfless contributions that help keep our country great.

William R. Dougan

Survey Shows Government Contractor Bosses Make 70 Percent More than Federal Executives

Monday, October 3, 2011

(National Federation of Federal Employees)

On the heels of a recent report that found that government contractors cost taxpayers nearly double the amount of federal workers, a new survey has found a big part of the reason for this gap: Contractor executive pay.

According to a survey by the Human Resource Association of the National Capital area, government contractor executives are paid 70 percent more than their counterparts in agency leadership. This means that every time the government hires a contractor to do a job, the taxpayers are not only paying for the people actually doing the work, they are paying outrageous salaries to the corporate big shots who manage them.

The survey also found that rank-and-file contract employees are paid more than their executive branch counterparts by seven percent. This has increased in recent years because contractor pay has actually risen by more than five percent over the past two years while federal pay has remained frozen.

American taxpayers should not be forced to pay a bigger bill for work that could be done for less by dedicated federal employees. NFFE will continue to fight reckless outsourcing of federal jobs and make sure that taxpayer dollars are well spent.

Comments

Barbara Whitsel 10/05/11 12:22 pm

Contractors at my work area are paid much more than their government counterparts as much as $7.00 an hour more. I agree, take the contractors out of the equation and make those jobs available to qualified folks as government workers. Most of the contractors that have been hired in my organization aren't worth half of what they get paid anyway.

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