Federal Salary Council; Meetings

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Federal Salary Council; Meetings

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: According to the provisions of section 10 of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (P.L. 92-463), notice is hereby given that the

thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth meetings of the Federal Salary Council

will be held at the times and places shown below. At the meetings the

Council will continue discussing issues relating to locality-based

comparability payments authorized by the Federal Employees Pay

Comparability Act of 1990 (FEPCA). Specifically, at the thirty-eighth

meeting on September 9, 1994, the Council will consider the

establishment or modification of the geographic boundaries of pay

localities for future locality-based comparability payments. Both

meetings are open to the public.

DATE: September 9, 1994, at 10 a.m.

ADDRESS: Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Room 7B09,

Washington, DC.

DATE: September 28, 1994, at 10 a.m.

ADDRESS: Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street NW., Room 5A06A,

Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ruth O'Donnell, Chief, Salary Systems Division, Office of Personnel

Management, 1900 E Street NW., Room 6H31, Washington, DC 20415-0001.

Telephone number: (202) 606-2838.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For the January 1994 locality comparability

payments, the Council recommended and the President's Pay Agent

approved 28 locality pay areas; 27 are Metropolitan Statistical Areas

or Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and the 28th is the

Rest of the United States (RUS). The Council also recommended limited

criteria for determining ``areas of application''--i.e., counties

contiguous to a pay locality or Federal facilities crossing pay

locality boundaries.

The criteria are:

A. County-wide areas of application. To be considered, the affected

county must--

Be contiguous to a pay locality;

Contain at least 2,000 General Schedule (GS) employees;

Have a significant level of urbanization; and

Demonstrate some common linkage with the survey location for

the pay locality.

B. Federal facilities crossing pay locality boundaries. To be

included in the pay locality, the portion of a Federal facility that

crosses pay locality boundaries and is not in the pay locality must--

Have at least 1,000 GS employees;

Have the duty station(s) of the majority of the GS employees

within 10 miles of the prime critical survey boundary area; and

Have a significant number of its employees commuting from the

pay locality.

The Council welcomes written comments on the identification of pay

localities. All such submissions received by September 2, 1994, will be

provided to the Council members and included in the record of the

September 9, 1994, meeting.

The Council will consider brief oral presentations concerning the

establishment or modification of pay area boundaries at the September

9, 1994, meeting. Persons wishing to address the Council personally

should submit a written request by close of business September 2, 1994.

The request should include the name of the person(s) wishing to appear,

a short summary of the intended presentation, and an estimate of the

time needed. The Council reserves the right to limit oral presentations

if time constraints so dictate.

Written comments or requests to appear before the Council should be

submitted to: Mr. Anthony F. Ingrassia, Acting Chairman, Federal Salary

Council, 1900 E Street NW., Room 1340, Washington, DC 20415.

The Council will carefully consider oral and written comments

before making its recommendations to the President's Pay Agent. The

Office of Personnel Management, on behalf of the President's Pay Agent,

will later publish proposed regulations regarding the pay area

boundaries for a 30-day public comment period. The President Pay Agent

will make the final decision on the boundaries and include this

decision in its report to the President no later than November 30,

1994.

For the President's Pay Agent.

Lorraine A. Green,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 94-19810 Filed 8-12-94; 8:45 am]

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