ML20010J244
| ML20010J244 | |
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| Issue date: | 09/15/1981 |
| From: | Palladino N NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Stevens T SENATE, GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS |
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| Download: ML20010J244 (2) | |
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Dear Mr. Chairman:
This is in response to your letter of July 31, 1981, requesting information about the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's experience in recruiting and retaining senior executives.
In brief, our experience has provided strong indications that the continuing cap on executive pay is adversely affecting our ability to recruit and retain top-level executives.
Since July 1979, when the serior Executive Service was established, we have filled seven executive positions from outside the agency.
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all our new hires have come from other Federal agencies.
None has come from private industry, despite our efforts to recruit from that sector.
l It would appear, therefore, that the pay and incentive package we have l
to effer is not competitive.
During the same period, we have lost sixteen executives -- seven retired, three transferred to other agencies and six resigned.
Similar indications exist for our employees at the GS-15 level.
Since October 1980, we have lcst 29 GS-15's -- eleven retired, five transferred and thirteen resigned. We do not have complete information on why the persons who resigned left the Federal service; however, I think we may assume they left to accept better jobs in private industry.
Furthermore, we understand several executives within the
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agency are currently entertaining offers from in.iustry.
We have no ready solutions to these problems.
With pay compression extending into grade 14, we are unable to administer an equitable pay system among our top executives. We had hoped that the bonus provisions of the Senior Executive Service system would enable us to relieve some of the inequit/ created by the pay cap.
However, limitations placed on bonuses last year made it difficult to administer the program.
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i The Honorable Ted Stevens We share your concern regarding the ability of the Federal Government to continue to attract and retain the top talent it needs. We are con-vinced that the present pay problem is the major obstacle to that objective, and urge you to support raising the pay cap.
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