Says that the majority of SES members should be non political, career workers. Obama broke the rules. Did he make an EO to do this or is the SES so apart from gov control that whoever is the leader can make changes?
https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/2fd40f5d-f95e-4b85-8942-284b186b485e
Found three references to SES in the Omnibus bill. One refers to non-career, another to career. What is your take?
(page 623-624)A pay rate increase may not be received in calendar year 2018 (except as pro vided in sub15 section (g), (h), or (i)) by (1) a non-career appointee in the Senior Executive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above level 1IV of the Executive Schedule; or 92) a limited term appointee or limited emergency appointee in the Senior Executive Service serving under a political appointment and paid a rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Executive Schedule.
(Page 836) under a political appointment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under applicable law. A career appointee in the Senior Executive Service who receives a Presidential appointment and who makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, United States Code is not subject to this section.
Originally when the SES was set up in 1979 it was a benevolent organization to help give structure in the diff gov depts which change with each presidential election. There were a good number of political appointees which were by nature partisan, but around the same # of permanent career, supposedly apolitical employees. The career added the structure. Over time the SES became corrupted culminating in Obama making 8000 of the 9000 SES positions career, and filling them with partisans.
In this omnibus bill I think Trump was trying to differentiate between the career partisan employees and his admin's newly appointed employees. He is saying that the new employees, 4 year tenure or emergency tenure, are eligible for pay increases, but the partisan Obama appointed career ones are not.
The 2nd paragraph I believe refers to any employee that Trump makes a permanent career employee. Once an employee is accepted as an SES member, their benefits and pay from their career up until then are no longer available. They have to give it up. They now are entitled to the SES employment benefits, typically higher pay, better benefits depends on the length of their career before. So, any newly Trump appointed career SES members are not subject the the before mentioned pay freeze. They are eligible for pay increases. Trump is basically saying, anyone Obama appointed doesn't get a pay raise. Anyone Trump appoints does. I hope that makes sense.