CBO fails to resolve federal pay impasse

It would be interesting to know how many people have read and understood the report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that compared federal and private-sector pay. The message — federal total compensation exceeds private-sector levels — is simple, but the methodology is incomprehensible to all but the few who were forced to endure courses in multivariate statistics.

Equal employment opportunity ‘myths' need debunking

The Dec. 5 commentary, "Three myths of the EEO process" by Maxanne R. Witkin, left readers with the impression that workplace discrimination claims made by federal workers are frivolous and do not warrant their agencies' attention.