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On August 1, 2008, the mileage reimbursement rate for use of a privately-owed vehicle will be .585 cents per mile.
On July 28, 2008, FPA released detailed survey data to a contractor working on FDA pay parity for physicians.
On July 14, 2008, a Senate panel approved a 3.9% federal employee pay increase for 2009. Becasue of the November elections, Congress might not complete work on the pay increase in time for it to be effective on January 1, 2009.
On June 23, 2008, FPA submitted recommendations for three changes in the NSPS affecting federal physicians.
On June 19, 2008, the Office of Personnel Management released the latest data on agency use of the Physicians Comparability Allowance (PCA).
On June 17, 2008, FPA Board member Brian Ribiero, MD and Executive Director, Dennis Boyd met with senior DOD staff to learn about plans for a new pay system for DOD employees who will NOT be converted to NSPS.
On May 15, 2008, members of the FPA Board and the FPA Executive Director met with the Deputy Commissioner, FDA and his staff to discuss details of the physician pay plans for FDA.
On February 25 2008, the FPA Board of Directors started work on developing principles for pay-for-performance for federal physicians. FPA has asked the National Association of VA Physicians and Dentists and the Commissioned Officers Association of the USPS to work with FPA.
On January 29, 2008, the Office of Personnel Management released a report on Performance-Based Pay Systems in the federal government. The report is published on the Performance Pay page.
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