A total of 22 of the 39 former high-ranking officials (admiral-level and SES officials) who separated from the Coast Guard from 2006 through 2010 were compensated at some point from 2006 through 2011 by contractors that received obligations from the Coast Guard in calendar year 2011. We found that 12 of these former officials were compensated in calendar year 2011 by major Coast Guard contractors

GAO noted that: (1) in calendar year 1996, the cost of lump-sum leave payments to separating civilian employees was about $562 million governmentwide; (2) between 1985 and 1996, lump-sum payments averaged about $595 million per year (in constant 1996 dollars); (3) the costs ranged from a low of about $355 million in 1991 to a high of about $700 million in 1992, when downsizing resulted in large n

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the legality of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board's (FHLBB) actions in establishing and placing certain of its functions in entities that consider themselves not subject to salary limitations for federal employees. GAO held that FHLBB: (1) improperly created the Office of Regulatory Policy, Oversight and Supervision, the Office of Finance, and the

GAO computed: (1) the effects on the take-home pay of employees in grades GS-5, GS-9, and GS-12 and at the senior executive level, taking into consideration those payroll deductions which vary by rates of pay; and (2) federal taxes by assuming the employee was married with two dependent children, had no other income, and elected the standard tax deduction. GAO found that the annual take-home pay

An interpretation was requested on whether, under the Antideficiency Act, an agency can legally permit its employees to come to work after the expiration of the agency's appropriation for one fiscal year and prior to the enactment of either a regular appropriation or a continuing resolution appropriating funds for the subsequent fiscal year. GAO believes that any supervisory officer or employee,

Australia sets pay for virtually all of its 154,000 civil servants by collective bargaining. The only exceptions are for 30 top-level officials whose pay is fixed administratively. Benefits, including pensions and leave, are set legislatively by the Parliament which periodically adjusts pension annuities according to changes in the Australian consumer price index. Canada sets pay for its civil se

Federal employees who bargain for pay usually are paid more than their General Schedule and Federal Wage System counterparts. In 96 percent of comparisons covering 17 occupations, GAO found that collective bargaining employees earned from $491 to $13,583 more in fiscal year 198l than their Federal Wage System counterparts. In addition, postal letter carriers covered by the Postal Service bargaini