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116327 1 (1981-09-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadyus0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m. September 14, 1981 STATEMENT OF MILTON J. SOCOLAR ACTING COMPTROLLER GENERAL 116327 BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE, POST OFFICE, AND GENERAL SERVICES SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ON THE GOVERNMENT BRAIN DRAIN Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: I am pleased to be here today to present the General Accounting Office's views on the Government Brain Drain caused by the inade- quate salary levels, irregular pay adjustments, and distorted pay interrelationships of top Federal officials. This is one of the most critical but perhaps least understood and appreciated problems facing the Government today. Because of appropriation act pay restrictions, about 34,000 top Federal officials at seven different levels of responsibility now receive the same salary--$50,112.50. This creates a multitude of recruitment, retention, morale, and other problems. Continuing the $50,112.50 pay cap into October 1981 will extend the pay com- pression to an eighth level of responsibility--the top steps of GS-14 and equivalent positions in other pay systems. If that 6

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