TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:I am transmitting an alternative plan for pay adjustments for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay systems in January 2021.Title 5, United States Code, authorizes me to implement alternative plans for pay adjustments for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay systems if, because of “national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare,†I view the increases that would otherwise take effect as inappropriate.Under current law, locality pay increases averaging 20.67 percent, costing $21 billion in the first year alone, would go into...
