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What the House appropriations bill means for a federal pay raise

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House appropriators have aligned with President Joe Biden’s proposed 4.6% federal pay raise. The fiscal 2023 financial services and general government bill, which the House Appropriations Committee advanced on June 24 in a vote of 31 to 22, makes no mention of the pay raise proposal for federal employees. Similar to their silence last year, House appropriators’ lack of comment on the federal pay raise essentially endorses the White House’s 4.6% proposal from March’s budget request. In 2022, federal employees received a pay raise of 2.7% on average. Military service…

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Three things to watch in the House 2023 NDAA

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The House Armed Services Committee is largely sticking with the Biden vision for the Defense Department next year, however, the 2023 Defense authorization bill still has a long way to go before it makes its way to the president’s desk. The committee will markup the bill on Wednesday in its usual marathon fashion, bringing the full panel together for hours of debate and dozens of amendments. Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said Monday that he has faith in the bipartisan nature of the bill, which has eventually make it…

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New House Digital Services Office seeks to fill gaps to modernize Congress

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The House of Representatives Chief Administrative Office is close to adding another shared service to the 100 or so it already provides.</p> <p>These range from <a href=”https://cao.house.gov/about/business-units”>acquisition support to human resources</a> to finance and logistics. But the one area where those services were missing and sorely needed was around digital transformation.</p> <figure id=”attachment_4108481″ aria-describedby=”caption-attachment-4108481″ style=”width: 300px” class=”wp-caption alignright”><img loading=”lazy” class=”size-medium wp-image-4108481″ src=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/alan-thompson-300×300.jpg” alt=”” width=”300″ height=”300″ srcset=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/alan-thompson.jpg 300w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/alan-thompson-150×150.jpg 150w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/alan-thompson-112×112.jpg 112w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/alan-thompson-120×120.jpg 120w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/alan-thompson-240×240.jpg 240w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/alan-thompson-60×60.jpg 60w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/alan-thompson-70×70.jpg 70w, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/alan-thompson-200×200.jpg 200w” sizes=”(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px” /><figcaption id=”caption-attachment-4108481″ class=”wp-caption-text”>Alan Thompson is…

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