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Federal Pay: Comparisons With the Private Sector by Job and Locality

GGD-90-81FS Published: May 15, 1990. Publicly Released: May 15, 1990.
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GAO examined federal employment policies and practices to determine how to improve federal recruitment and retention, focusing on whether federal white-collar salary rates were competitive with nonfederal rates within local geographic areas.

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