February 24, 2004
Bush Glacier--grinds exceeding fine...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has stepped into line with a commonly accepted practice in corporate America: tying pay increases to performance and the type of job performed...Posted by John Weidner at February 24, 2004 07:29 PM | TrackBack...Salaries will be structured according to the type of work, a person's experience, and job location - and, notably, not by seniority. And in the case of a national emergency, the president can waive labor agreements....
...DHS began putting together 180,000 employees from some 22 government agencies in 2002. When a similar restructuring is complete at the Defense Department, about half the government's 1.8 million civilian employees will have made the transition to the new merit system. That's costly in the short term, but cost-saving in the long run...
I hope you realize what a MAJOR MAJOR departure this is for "business as usual" in the Civil Service.
Posted by: Gary Utter at February 25, 2004 06:01 AMI hope it really will be a departure. I hope the new rules will be wielded vigorously, but I doubt it. Gov. tends to be "bureaucratic" not just because of rules, but because there is no clear and inexorable metric of success, such as profit provides to business.
Even in the business world, departments not on the front lines often become bureaucratic and self-serving.
http://www.randomjottings.net/archives/2003_08.html#000017
Posted by: John Weidner at February 25, 2004 07:25 AM
