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                        REMARKS  OF

      LEONARD HOGLAN, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

   BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WORKSHOP ON FOREIGN

         NATIONAL COMPENSATION -, OVEMBER 26, 1979


     I will first address the question tha  was posed to us,

How does GAO think that changing philosophies on pay setting

for U.S. employees should impact on foreign national setting?

In that context I will then elaborate on two major compensa-

tion principles; average-to-average, and total compensation

comparability.  Then finally I will touch on what position

you might expect from GAO regarding the public interest

clause of the Foreign Service Act provision on foreign na-

tional pay setting, and the implications of deviations from

prevailing practice.

     The overall philosophy, or legislated policy guidance,

for compensating foreign national employees is in essence

the same as for most other Federal employees--that is, com-

parability with rates in the non-Federal sector for similar

work.

     The largest Federal pay system is the.General Schedule

which covers white collar employees.  The authorizing law

for that system says that rates shall be comparable with pri-

vate enterprise rates for the same level of work.  Directly

linked to adjustments in these rates are the foreign service

and military pay scales.

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