Hawaii Pay Shift?

Should federal employees in Hawaii be shifted from a system in which they get annual cost of living allowances to account for the expense of working in the state to the locality pay system under which other feds toil? That's the subject of a series of meetings being held this week and next in Hawaii by a Senate subcommittee. Staff from the subcommittee, the Office of Personnel Management, the Defense Department and the Postal Service will be on hand to answer employees' questions about options under consideration.