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Compromise Takes Shape for Inspectors General Bill

Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), left, Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) are chief sponsors of a bill approved this week on a Senate voice vote that would mean big changes for inspectors general.
Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), left, Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) are chief sponsors of a bill approved this week on a Senate voice vote that would mean big changes for inspectors general. (Dick Whipple - Associated Press)
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The bills would address pay issues within the IG corps. IGs at large agencies would be paid at the midpoint of the executive pay schedule (currently $158,500) plus 3 percent extra. IGs at smaller agencies would be paid at rates comparable to those of other senior executives.

Under both bills, no IG would be able to accept a bonus.

Engineers Back Obama

The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, which represents engineers, scientists and technicians at the departments of Defense and Energy and at NASA, has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president, the union announced yesterday.

The Illinois Democrat is the best candidate to address civil service, health care, outsourcing, trade and other issues important to the union, said Gregory Junemann, its president.

The union represents about 85,000 workers in the public and private sectors. It helped organize a labor coalition to oppose an attempt by the Bush administration to curb union rights at the Defense Department.

Talk Shows

Craig W. Floyd, chairman and chief executive of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, will be the guest on "FedTalk" at 11 a.m. today on http://federalnewsradio.com and WFED radio (1050 AM).

David L. Norquist, chief financial officer at the Department of Homeland Security, will be the guest on the IBM "Business of Government Hour" at 9 a.m. tomorrow on WJFK radio (106.7 FM).

Stephen Barr's e-mail address is barrs@washpost.com.


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