Monday, November 29, 2010

News Alert: President Obama to Announce a Pay Freeze for Most Federal Workers

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Mon, November 29, 2010 -- 10:39 AM ET
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President Obama to Announce a Pay Freeze for Most Federal Workers

President Obama plans to announce a pay freeze for most
federal workers later Monday morning, according to an
administration official, the latest White House move intended
to demonstrate concern over deficit spending.

The president's announcement will effectively wipe out plans
for a 1.4 percent across-the-board raise for most of the 2.1
million federal government employees in 2011. The president
has frozen the salaries of his own top White House staff
members since taking office 22 months ago.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/us/politics/30freeze.html?emc=na

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