[ptsal]

The SHADOW GOVERNMENT - DEEP STATE DUCK.

Reacting to the order, Tim Dirks, interim president of the Senior Executives Association, welcomed the hike in performance award spending, which was among the group’s recommendations. “We would have preferred that it be completely lifted, but we think this is definitely movement in the right direction,” he told Government Executive.

SEA also welcomed acceptance of its recommendation that SESers be made to earn more than the employees they supervise, as well as the encouragement of non-monetary “tools in the toolbox” such as special act awards. Regardless of the presidential election results, “We’re hoping that a new administration would see the value of creating the type of flexibility to reward employees who perform in an outstanding manner in a meaningful way, which is difficult to do it under current guidance.”

By some accounts there are 9,000 of these SES employees making more than a GS-15. Gee Whiz...DRAIN THE SWAMP.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/12/15/executive-order-strengthening-senior-executive-service

https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/2015.html

[ptsal]

Head’s up..... These folks are still on the payroll.

[NutsOnYew]

raising the aggregate spending cap on executive performance awards from the current 4.8 percent cap to 7.5 percent

Smart. Increased risk requires increased reward.

[ClearCase_guy]

When you deal with the feds, and you meet some GS-15s, you quickly say to yourself: “These are the most arrogant SOBs I have ever met!”

... and then you meet someone from SES ...

[laconic]

I guarantee you that they are all getting “Outstanding” ratings. I worked for the federal government for four years back in the 1970s. The first job, for a year, was a waste in which I did something close to nothing on a daily basis and I told the “boss” the position needed elimination to save taxpayer money. I was the only one in his branch to receive a “Satisfactory” rating rather than “Outstanding” which all others in the branch were given. I didn’t like Garrison Keiler but he had the quote, “Everyone in this town was above average”. Well, everyone in the federal government is just “outstanding”.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks so much for your support to this point... I personally apprecaite it...
FReepers, it's far beyond time to wrap up this FReep-a-thon.  Lets do it today.  Please chip in.

President Donald J. Trump and the Free Republic of the United States of America
President Donald J. Trump's address to the United Nations on 09/19/2017.

Ramirez political cartoon:  Tillerson You're Fired LARGE VERSION 03/18/2018: LINK  LINK to regular sized versions of his political cartoons (archive).
Garrison political cartoon:  the Fall of Hillary LARGE VERSION 03/15/2018: LINK  LINK (scroll down) to regular sized versions of his political cartoons (archive).

FReepers, 93.983% of the First Quarter FReep-a-thon goal has been met.  Click above and pencil in your donation now.  Please folks, lets end this FReepathon.  Thank you!
...this is a general all-purpose message, and should not be seen as targeting any individual I am responding to...

Just $15.00 dollars to 94.00%

[Despot of the Delta]