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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
January 2010 Pay Adjustments
AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The President adjusted the
rates of basic pay and locality payments
for certain categories of Federal
employees effective in January 2010.
This notice documents those pay
adjustments for the public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
Dismond, Pay and Leave, Employee
Services, U.S. Office of Personnel
Management; (202) 606–2858; FAX
(202) 606–0824; or email to payperformance-policy@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 23, 2009, the President signed
Executive Order 13525 (74 FR 69231),
which implemented the January 2010
pay adjustments. The President made
these adjustments consistent with
Public Law 111–117, December 16,
2009, which authorized an overall
average pay increase of 2.0 percent for
the ‘‘statutory pay systems,’’ including
the General Schedule (GS).
Schedule 1 of Executive Order 13525
provides the rates for the 2010 General
Schedule and reflects a 1.5 percent
across-the-board increase. Executive
Order 13525 also includes the
percentage amounts of the 2010 locality
payments. (See Section 5 and Schedule
9 of Executive Order 13525.)
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The publication of this notice satisfies
the requirement in section 5(b) of
Executive Order 13525 that the U.S.
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
publish appropriate notice of the 2010
locality payments in the Federal
Register.
GS employees receive locality
payments under 5 U.S.C. 5304. Locality
payments apply in the United States (as
defined in 5 U.S.C. 5921(4)) and its
territories and possessions. In 2010,
locality payments ranging from 4.72
percent to 35.15 percent apply to GS
employees in the 32 locality pay areas,
Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories and
possessions.
The 2010 locality pay percentages,
which replaced the 2009 locality pay
percentages, became effective on the
first day of the first pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 2010
(January 3, 2010). An employee’s
locality rate of pay is computed by
increasing his or her scheduled annual
rate of pay (as defined in 5 CFR 531.602)
by the applicable locality pay
percentage. (See 5 CFR 531.604 and
531.609.) (The 2010 locality pay area
definitions can be found at https://www.
opm.gov/oca/10tables/locdef.asp. The
Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity
Assurance Act of 2009 contained in
subtitle B (sections 1911–1919) of title
XIX of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
(Pub. L. 111–84, October 28, 2009)
extends coverage of the locality pay
program to employees in Alaska,
Hawaii, and the other nonforeign areas
beginning in 2010. For 2010, the statute
provides that employees in each of these
areas receive one-third of the locality
pay percentage approved for the Rest of
United States locality pay area.)
Executive Order 13525 establishes the
new Executive Schedule, which
incorporates a 1.5 percent increase
required under 5 U.S.C. 5318 (rounded
to the nearest $100). By law, Executive
Schedule officials are not authorized to
receive locality payments.
Executive Order 13525 establishes the
range of rates of basic pay for senior
executives in the Senior Executive
Service (SES), as established pursuant to
5 U.S.C. 5382. The minimum rate of
basic pay for the SES may not be less
than the minimum rate payable under 5
U.S.C. 5376 for senior-level positions
($119,554 in 2010). The maximum rate
of the SES rate range is level II of the
Executive Schedule ($179,700 in 2010)
for SES members covered by a certified
SES performance appraisal system and
level III of the Executive Schedule
($165,300 in 2010) for SES members
covered by an SES performance
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appraisal system that has not been
certified.
The minimum rate of basic pay for the
senior-level (SL) and scientific and
professional (ST) rate range was
increased by 1.5 percent ($119,554 in
2010), which is the amount of the
across-the-board GS increase. The
applicable maximum rate of the SL/ST
rate range is level II of the Executive
Schedule ($179,700 in 2010) for SL or
ST employees covered by a certified SL/
ST performance appraisal system and
level III of the Executive Schedule
($165,300 in 2010) for SL or ST
employees covered by an SL/ST
performance appraisal system that has
not been certified. Agencies with
certified performance appraisal systems
in 2010 for SES members and
employees in SL and ST positions also
must apply a higher aggregate limitation
on pay—up to the Vice President’s
salary ($230,700 in 2010).
By law, SES members and employees
in SL and ST positions are not
authorized to receive locality payments.
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Note: An exception applies to SES, SL, and
ST employees stationed in a nonforeign area
on January 2, 2010, which is explained in an
OPM memorandum, CPM 2009–27. (See
https://www.opm.gov/oca/compmemo/
index.asp.)
The Executive order adjusted the rates
of basic pay for administrative law
judges (ALJs) by 1.5 percent, rounded to
the nearest $100. The maximum rate of
basic pay for ALJs is set by law at the
rate for level IV of the Executive
Schedule, which is now $155,500. The
rate of basic pay for AL–2 is $151,800.
The rates of basic pay for AL–3/A
through 3/F range from $103,900 to
$143,700. (See 5 U.S.C. 5372.)
The rates of basic pay for members of
Contract Appeals Boards are calculated
as a percentage of the rate for level IV
of the Executive Schedule. (See 5 U.S.C.
5372a.) Therefore, these rates of basic
pay were increased by approximately
1.5 percent.
On October 23, 2009, the President’s
Pay Agent extended the 2010 localitybased comparability payments to certain
categories of non-GS employees. The
Governmentwide categories include
ALJs and Contract Appeals Board
members. The maximum locality rate of
pay for these employees is the rate for
level III of the Executive Schedule
($165,300 in 2010).
On December 23, 2009, OPM issued a
memorandum (CPM 2009–23) on the
January 2010 pay adjustments. (See
https://www.opm.gov/oca/compmemo/
index.asp.) The memorandum
transmitted Executive Order 13525 and
provided the 2010 salary tables, locality
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pay areas and percentages, and
information on general pay
administration matters and other related
information. The ‘‘2010 Salary Tables’’
posted on OPM’s Web site at: https://
www.opm.gov/oca/10tables/index.asp
are the official rates of pay for affected
employees and are hereby incorporated
as part of this notice.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
John Berry,
Director.
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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CP2010–20; Order No. 397]
New Postal Product
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a
recently-filed Postal Service request to
add GEPS 2 (CP2009–50) to the
Competitive Product List. The Postal
Service has also filed a related contract.
This notice addresses procedural steps
associated with these filings.
DATES: Comments are due: February 1,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov. Commenters who cannot
submit their views electronically should
contact the person identified in ‘‘FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT’’
by telephone for advice on alternatives
to electronic filing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel,
202–789–6820 or
stephen.sharfman@prc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
II. Notice of Filing
III. Ordering Paragraphs
I. Introduction
On January 21, 2010, the Postal
Service filed a notice announcing that it
has entered into an additional Global
Expedited Package Services 2 (GEPS 2)
contract.1
GEPS 2 provides volume-based
incentives for mailers that send large
volumes of Express Mail International
(EMI) and/or Priority Mail International
1 Notice of United States Postal Service Filing of
Functionally Equivalent Global Expedited Package
Services 2 Negotiated Service Agreement and
Application for Non-Public Treatment of Materials
Filed Under Seal, January 21, 2010 (Notice).
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(PMI). The Postal Service believes the
instant contract is functionally
equivalent to the previously submitted
GEPS 2 contracts and is supported by
the Governors’ Decision filed in Docket
No. CP2008–4.2 Id. at 1.
The instant contract. The Postal
Service filed the instant contract
pursuant to 39 CFR 3015.5. In addition,
the Postal Service contends that the
contract is in accordance with Order No.
290.3 The term of the instant contract is
1 year from the date the Postal Service
notifies the customer that all necessary
regulatory approvals have been
received.4 Notice at 2–3.
In support of its Notice, the Postal
Service filed four attachments as
follows:
1. Attachment 1—an application for
non-public treatment of materials to
maintain the contract and supporting
documents under seal;
2. Attachment 2—a redacted copy of
Governors’ Decision No. 08–7 which
establishes prices and classifications for
GEPS contracts, a description of
applicable GEPS contracts, formulas for
prices, an analysis and certification of
the formulas and certification of the
Governors’ vote;
3. Attachment 3—a redacted copy of
the contract, applicable annexes, and a
provision to modify the mailer’s tender
requirements; and
4. Attachment 4—a certified statement
required by 39 CFR 3015.5(c)(2).
Functional equivalency. The Postal
Service asserts that the instant contract
is functionally equivalent to the contract
in Docket No. CP2009–50 and prior
GEPS 2 contracts. Id. at 3–4. It also
contends that the instant contract meets
the requirements of Governors’ Decision
No. 08–7 for rates for GEPS contracts.
Id. at 3. The Postal Service indicates
that the instant contract differs from the
contract in Docket No. CP2009–50 in
two ways, namely, (a) customer specific
information, e.g., the customer’s name,
address, representative, signatory and
provisions clarifying tender locations,
minimum revenue and/or volume
commitment; and (b) revisions intended
to be included in all subsequent
2 See Docket No. CP2008–4, Notice of United
States Postal Service of Governors’ Decision
Establishing Prices and Classifications for Global
Expedited Package Services Contracts, May 20,
2008.
3 See Docket No. CP2009–50, Order Granting
Clarification and Adding Global Expedited Package
Services 2 to the Competitive Product List, August
28, 2009 (Order No. 290).
4 The Postal Service states its intent is to begin
this contract on February 8, 2010, at the expiration
of the customer’s current contract. The contract’s
terms provide that the Postal Service will give
notice to the mailer of the effective date within 30
days of regulatory approval.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
January 2010 Pay Adjustments
AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The President adjusted the rates of basic pay and locality
payments for certain categories of Federal employees effective in
January 2010. This notice documents those pay adjustments for the
public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Dismond, Pay and Leave, Employee
Services, U.S. Office of Personnel Management; (202) 606-2858; FAX
(202) 606-0824; or email to pay-performance-policy@opm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 23, 2009, the President signed
Executive Order 13525 (74 FR 69231), which implemented the January 2010
pay adjustments. The President made these adjustments consistent with
Public Law 111-117, December 16, 2009, which authorized an overall
average pay increase of 2.0 percent for the ``statutory pay systems,''
including the General Schedule (GS).
Schedule 1 of Executive Order 13525 provides the rates for the 2010
General Schedule and reflects a 1.5 percent across-the-board increase.
Executive Order 13525 also includes the percentage amounts of the 2010
locality payments. (See Section 5 and Schedule 9 of Executive Order
13525.)
The publication of this notice satisfies the requirement in section
5(b) of Executive Order 13525 that the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) publish appropriate notice of the 2010 locality
payments in the Federal Register.
GS employees receive locality payments under 5 U.S.C. 5304.
Locality payments apply in the United States (as defined in 5 U.S.C.
5921(4)) and its territories and possessions. In 2010, locality
payments ranging from 4.72 percent to 35.15 percent apply to GS
employees in the 32 locality pay areas, Alaska, Hawaii, and the
territories and possessions.
The 2010 locality pay percentages, which replaced the 2009 locality
pay percentages, became effective on the first day of the first pay
period beginning on or after January 1, 2010 (January 3, 2010). An
employee's locality rate of pay is computed by increasing his or her
scheduled annual rate of pay (as defined in 5 CFR 531.602) by the
applicable locality pay percentage. (See 5 CFR 531.604 and 531.609.)
(The 2010 locality pay area definitions can be found at https://www.opm.gov/oca/10tables/locdef.asp. The Non-Foreign Area Retirement
Equity Assurance Act of 2009 contained in subtitle B (sections 1911-
1919) of title XIX of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2010 (Pub. L. 111-84, October 28, 2009) extends coverage of the
locality pay program to employees in Alaska, Hawaii, and the other
nonforeign areas beginning in 2010. For 2010, the statute provides that
employees in each of these areas receive one-third of the locality pay
percentage approved for the Rest of United States locality pay area.)
Executive Order 13525 establishes the new Executive Schedule, which
incorporates a 1.5 percent increase required under 5 U.S.C. 5318
(rounded to the nearest $100). By law, Executive Schedule officials are
not authorized to receive locality payments.
Executive Order 13525 establishes the range of rates of basic pay
for senior executives in the Senior Executive Service (SES), as
established pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5382. The minimum rate of basic pay
for the SES may not be less than the minimum rate payable under 5
U.S.C. 5376 for senior-level positions ($119,554 in 2010). The maximum
rate of the SES rate range is level II of the Executive Schedule
($179,700 in 2010) for SES members covered by a certified SES
performance appraisal system and level III of the Executive Schedule
($165,300 in 2010) for SES members covered by an SES performance
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appraisal system that has not been certified.
The minimum rate of basic pay for the senior-level (SL) and
scientific and professional (ST) rate range was increased by 1.5
percent ($119,554 in 2010), which is the amount of the across-the-board
GS increase. The applicable maximum rate of the SL/ST rate range is
level II of the Executive Schedule ($179,700 in 2010) for SL or ST
employees covered by a certified SL/ST performance appraisal system and
level III of the Executive Schedule ($165,300 in 2010) for SL or ST
employees covered by an SL/ST performance appraisal system that has not
been certified. Agencies with certified performance appraisal systems
in 2010 for SES members and employees in SL and ST positions also must
apply a higher aggregate limitation on pay--up to the Vice President's
salary ($230,700 in 2010).
By law, SES members and employees in SL and ST positions are not
authorized to receive locality payments.
Note: An exception applies to SES, SL, and ST employees
stationed in a nonforeign area on January 2, 2010, which is
explained in an OPM memorandum, CPM 2009-27. (See https://www.opm.gov/oca/compmemo/index.asp.)
The Executive order adjusted the rates of basic pay for
administrative law judges (ALJs) by 1.5 percent, rounded to the nearest
$100. The maximum rate of basic pay for ALJs is set by law at the rate
for level IV of the Executive Schedule, which is now $155,500. The rate
of basic pay for AL-2 is $151,800. The rates of basic pay for AL-3/A
through 3/F range from $103,900 to $143,700. (See 5 U.S.C. 5372.)
The rates of basic pay for members of Contract Appeals Boards are
calculated as a percentage of the rate for level IV of the Executive
Schedule. (See 5 U.S.C. 5372a.) Therefore, these rates of basic pay
were increased by approximately 1.5 percent.
On October 23, 2009, the President's Pay Agent extended the 2010
locality-based comparability payments to certain categories of non-GS
employees. The Governmentwide categories include ALJs and Contract
Appeals Board members. The maximum locality rate of pay for these
employees is the rate for level III of the Executive Schedule ($165,300
in 2010).
On December 23, 2009, OPM issued a memorandum (CPM 2009-23) on the
January 2010 pay adjustments. (See https://www.opm.gov/oca/compmemo/index.asp.) The memorandum transmitted Executive Order 13525 and
provided the 2010 salary tables, locality pay areas and percentages,
and information on general pay administration matters and other related
information. The ``2010 Salary Tables'' posted on OPM's Web site at:
https://www.opm.gov/oca/10tables/index.asp are the official rates of pay
for affected employees and are hereby incorporated as part of this
notice.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
John Berry,
Director.
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