Pay Raise: Leave it to Congress

Here's what OPM's Linda Springer said today at a House Government Reform subcommittee hearing on the subject of what she would tell prospective federal employees about the Bush administration's proposed 2.2 percent federal pay raise for next year:

We think the 2.2 percent is in line [with the performance of the economy], but if it turns out it’s not, the U.S. Congress will take care of it for you.