On October 28, the Federal Salary Council Working Group met to discuss recommendations regarding federal employee pay, potential new locality pay designations, and other topics. FMA attended the meeting to represent federal managers as these topics are discussed.

Several advocacy groups brought up the issue of salary compression, an FMA issue brief. We will work with those groups, and others, to address this critical issue affecting recruitment and retention at the highest levels of the civil service. FMA will also continue to join future public meetings of the Federal Salary Council Working Group on behalf of managers across the country.