Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Federal Government Operations

Robbing Mary to Pay Peter & Paul

The Administration's Pay for Performance System

The purpose of the hearing was to examine the executive branch’s implementation of pay-for-performance systems.

The following witnesses testified:
Panel I

▪ Dr. Charles Tiefer, Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law

▪ Dr. Charles Fay, Professor, School of Management & Labor Relations, Rutgers University

▪ Dr. Robert Tobias, Professor, School of Public Affairs, American University

▪ The Honorable J. Russell George, Inspector General, U. S. Treasury Tax Administration

▪ Dr. Stanley Ridley, Federal Agency Consultant, Ridley & Associates

▪ Max Stier, President and CEO, Partnership for Public Service

Panel II

▪ Mr. Diego Ruiz, Executive Director, Securities and Exchange Commission

▪ Mr. Richard Spires, Deputy Commissioner for Operational Support, Internal Revenue Service

▪ Dr. Ronald Sanders, Chief Human Capital Officer, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Panel III

▪ Ms. Colleen Kelley, President, National Treasury Employees Union

▪ Mr. John Gage, President, American Federation of Government Employees

▪ Mr. Gregory Junemann, President, International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers

▪ Ms. Carol Bonosaro, President, Senior Executives Association