FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' BASE PAY HOW IT IS FIXED OVERSEAS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP59-00224A000100690017-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2000
• Sequence Number: 17
• Content Type: MISC

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FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' BASE PAY
How It Is Fixed OVERSEAS
- There a.re 35-40 INDEPENDENT systems used overseas.
- Widely differing principles and policies govern these systems.
- The 179,800 Federal employees stationed overseas are paid in practically
as many different ways as are the 2-1/4 million in the United States.
- Each of the 24 agencies operating overseas requires free interchange of
personnel between overseas and stateside operations: DIFFERENCES in
PAY SYSTEMS complicate this flow.
The OVERSEAS PAY SITUATION is so complex and inter-related with the DOMESTIC
that it cannot be solved outside the TOTAL Federal pay picture.
The TOTAL Picture -
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992,000 Employees
/TTTvi sx cacir ac:.
/ 1 System audited by the
Civil Service Commnissi
Policy:
- Price the JOB: Disregard the MAN
FEDERAL BASE
Classification
Act of 1949
- Systems: 35 - 40 Uncoordinated
- Policies: Wide Variation, Major & Minor
- PAY a Statutory Schedule
(Uneven compared with non-Government pay)
Policies:
- Price the MAN - on Rank in Promotional Hierarchy
- on Personal Qualifications
- Price tho JOB - an Various Bases
PAY FIXING
Postal Field
Service
'0 As of Sept1953-CSC data.
777,r r1 cep
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Policy:
- Price the JOB: Disregard the MAN
- PAY What Industry Pays
Policies:
-Price the JOB - on Receipts
- on Mileage
- on # Supervised
- on Other Bases
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FEDERAL BASE PAZ FIXING
OVERSEAS: FOREIGN AREAS & TERRITORIES
179,800 Employees
Foreign Service Act of
1946 - State Dept.
Foreign Operations Admin.
U. S. Information Agency
Other Systems
Postal Field Service --~
6 Agencies -"
(83% in Defense Dept.)
7 Separate Systems
13 Separate Systems
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Dd.~ RASE PA Y FIIIN(3
OVERSEAS: FOREI(3j AREAS
103,100 Haployees
15 Agencies
(96% in Defense
Dept.)
Foreign Operations Admin.
U.S.Information Agency
Other Systems
U.S.Citizena Prevail-
ing Wage
12 Agencies -
12 Separate Systems
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FEDERAL BASE PAY FIXING
MANY SYSTEMS APPLICABLE OVERSEAS: 35 - 40 UNCOORDINATED
A. Statutory Pay Schedules
BB-CSC Report*
Page No.
1. Classification Act of 1949 80
2. Foreign Service Act of 1946 86
3. Postal Pay Act of 1945 90
4. P. L. 293, 79th Cong. (Vet. Admin., M&S) 91
5. Executive Pay Act of 1949 92
B. Administrative-Statutory 1. The Point 4 System 93
Pay Schedules 2. Mutual Security Agency (FOA) 95
3. The Panama Canal. Co. -Canal Zone Government 97
4. Treasury Dept. - U. S. C. G. civilians 100
5. 11 Other Small but Different Systems 100
C. Labor Market Prevailing 1. Wage Board - General (U.S. Citizens and 102
Wage Systems Non-U.S. Citizens in 15 - 20 Separate
Systems)
2. Department of Defense (Several Separate Systems) 102
3. The Panama Canal Company - Canal Zone 108
Government
4. Department of the Interior 111
5. Selective Service System 113
6. Department of State - Non-U.S. Citizens 113
IN ADDITION - There are many other systems applicable within the Continental United States.
*Report on Overseas Pay and Personnel Practices,
Senate Committee Print, January 28, 1953,
Senate Post Office & Civil Service Committee
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FEDERAL RASE PAY FTX! r4 C.
Variations in POLICY -
1.
Price the JOB:' Disregard the MAN
a.
PAY Statutory Salary, or
Classification Act of 1949
Executive Pay Act of 1949
b.
PAY Labor Market Prevailing Rates, or
Wage Board Systems
Aliens Overseas
c.
PAY on Receipts, Mileage, Number Supervised,
'Postal Field Service
Cubic Footage, etc.
OR
2.
Price the MAN: Value of the JOB is Incidental or Disregarded
a.
On Rank in a Promotional Hierarchy,
or
Foreign Service Act of 1946
b.
c.
On Personal Qualifications, or
On Seniority; Longevity
Vet. Admin., M&S;USPHS pro-
fessional employees
3. Price the JOB on the Number of Employees SUPERVISED
versus
4. Number of Employees SUPERVISED Must NOT Be the Sole Basis
for Classifying the JOB Classification Act of 1949
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