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Get all our news and commentary in your inbox at 6 a.m. ET. email The Military Could Soon Face a Flag Officer Talent Crisis Senior leader pay is seriously out of sync with the risks and responsibilities that come with the positions. Military service members received a heralded 3% pay increase under the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, but this increase camouflaged the continued stagnation in general and flag officer pay stemming from provisions in the 2015 NDAA six years prior. That law limits the pay of generals and admirals (officers in pay grades O7 and above) to the ...

by Blair Fix Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Summary Humanity's most pressing need is to learn how to live within our planet's boundaries - something that likely means doing without economic growth. How, then, can we create a non-growth society that is both just and equitable? I attempt to address this question by looking at an aspect of sustainability (and equity) that is not often discussed: the growth of hierarchy. As societies consume more energy, they tend to become more hierarchical. At the same time, the growth of hierarch...

Government Executive email OPM Implements Recent Pay and Benefits Changes Acting OPM Director Kathleen McGettigan highlighted changes related to paid leave, premium pay, allowances related to military service and more. The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday reminded agencies of changes to federal workers’ pay and benefits that were enacted into law as part of a pair of packages in late 2020, chief among them technical corrections to ensure that a new paid parental leave policy applied to all federal workers. In a memo to agency heads, acting OPM Director Kathleen McG...

Anthony Fauci: The Highest-Paid Employee of the Federal Government It’s likely that Fauci, at some point in the last forty years, has had opportunities to decamp for the private sector and earn a much higher salary than even the $417,608 he’s making now. Ever since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci has been one of the government’s most public faces. The longtime head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has at times been a controversial figure, especially when he clashed with former President Trump. Fauci has remained in his positi...

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