The congressman, whose district is home to roughly 50,000 federal employees, told Editor-in-Chief Frank Konkel at GovExec’s After the Midterms event that the government must increase compensation in order to compete for talent, particularly after the last two years of buyouts, layoffs and mass firings. In August, President Trump formally proposed freezing most civilian federal workers’ pay next year.
Walkinshaw told reporters his starting point in spending negotiations will be the 4.1% average pay increase as proposed earlier this year in his Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act.
