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- From: Nigel.Allen@lambada.oit.unc.edu
- Subject: Council for Excellence in Government Criticizes Bush Proposal
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.234633.3896@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 23:46:33 GMT
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- Here is a press release from the Council for Excellence in Government
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- Council for Excellence in Government Criticizes Bush Proposal to
- Cut Federal Pay
- To: National Desk
- Contact: Mark A. Abramson of the Council for Excellence in
- Government, 202-728-0418
-
- WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Frank A. Weil, chair of
- the Council for Excellence in Government, said today: "President
- Bush's proposed pay cut of 5 percent for senior federal government
- managers is a seriously misconceived gesture aimed at tapping into
- public antipathy to government and will be extremely
- counterproductive to making our government work better."
- The council, a bipartisan organization of 750 former government
- executives now in the private sector, believes that good managers are
- a key to better government and that they must be fairly compensated.
- Two years ago the council strongly supported the president's plan
- for the fair and reasonable pay increase that was granted to
- government managers. The council believes the president's proposed
- pay cut would be a disincentive to recruiting and retaining top
- career employees and will cause senior people to leave government
- service.
- Council President Mark A. Abramson commented: "It is unfortunate
- that once again the senior career civil service has been made into a
- political football. This contributes to the erosion of public
- confidence in government. What is really needed today is a
- restoration of that confidence, not more bureaucrat-bashing."
- Weil added: "President Bush has promised to promote better
- government and never, ever again to raise taxes, even on a small
- selected group of taxpayers, for whom reduced pay amounts to
- a special new tax. His proposal shows a serious lack of
- understanding of how to motivate people."
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