2000 Pay Adjustments

Department of Justice Seal

U.S. Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20530

December 22, 1999

MEMORANDUM FOR BUREAU PERSONNEL OFFICERS

FROM:        Joanne W. Simms
             Director, Personnel Staff
             Justice Management Division

SUBJECT: 2000 Pay Adjustments

Attached for your information are the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM’s) issuances concerning 2000 pay adjustments. The attachments include: OPM's explanatory memorandum, the President’s Executive Order of December 21, 1999, non-law enforcement and law enforcement salary tables, and definitions of the 32 locality pay areas.

We have also attached the 2000 schedule for the Department’s most-used special salary rate table–the clerical special salary rate for the Washington, DC area. The remaining 2000 special salary rate tables are available on OPM’s Web site at: http://www.opm.gov/oca/payrates/index.htm. For your information, we have also attached a one-page chart showing key 2000 salary schedules for the Washington, DC area, including pay levels for the Department’s Senior Level pay system.

Key provisions of the 2000 adjustments are:

3.8 percent adjustments in General Schedule (GS) rates of basic pay, and statutory special rates for GS-3 through 10 law enforcement officers,
1.0 percent average locality pay adjustments (after the adjustment, the overall locality pay percentage in the Washington, DC area will be 9.05 percent),
3.4 percent adjustments in Executive Schedule rates (pay plan EX),
adjustments in basic pay rates for members of the Senior Executive Service (pay plan ES) and administrative law judges (ALJs) ranging from 3.4 to 3.8 percent, and
adjustments in the rates of the Department’s senior level (SL) pay plan to reflect the applicable GS, ES, and EX adjustments to which they are linked.

As a result of these adjustments, effective January 2, 2000, GS pay (including locality pay) in the Washington, DC area will increase by 4.94 percent.

Members of your staff may direct questions on 2000 pay adjustments to John Cahill, Policy Group, of my staff on (202) 514-6778.

Attachments

cc: Melinda Morgan, HRSAG