They didn’t get COLA in January. That was taken out during the big budget last year.
My error on the COLA. I got mixed up with the other pay benefits like step increases, bonuses, promotions et al. Sorry for that.
I know it is a popular thing to beat up the fed work force on many issues like benefits. But when it comes to pay I generally found most of those I dealt with were over paid in comparison to private sector personnel doing the same or a similar job when benefits such as job protections came into play. I speak from experience of working both inside and outside the government. The one thing the fed work group has is a lot of political clout in and around DC with the Dem Party. They vote for the dems because that is who buys their votes. In the DC area, they are surrounded by those who live off the fed government almost 100%.
The DC area federal reps are somewhat different than the big city commie dems from elsewhere in the country. I call them the fed socialist type of Dem, not the ones who want a new system as it would put them out of business.