Furlough 'Consistency and Fairness'
Innovation in Government Dips
TSP Funds Stay Positive in April
5 Agencies with the Most Disconnected Leadership
No Bonuses for VA Benefits Execs
Will You Be Furloughed?
Fedblog
Lawmakers and Military Pay and Benefits
- By Alyssa Rosenberg
- May 4, 2010
- Comments
I understand that military pay and benefits are a sacred cow. For a couple of years now, I've watched lawmakers fall all over themselves to meet or exceed the president's requests for military pay raises. But it's a bit difficult for me to square Congress's refusal to tick up the amount military families pay for TRICARE when the military itself is asking for that change. It isn't worth sacrificing the effectiveness of other programs, which keep servicemembers functional and perhaps safe, just to avoid violating propriety. If top brass are saying TRICARE costs are cutting into the budgets for other programs, that needs to be addressed.
Cutting costs: Inside the effort to improve the efficiency of federal operations
Sponsored
3 Ways Data is Improving DoD Performance
Research Report: Powering Continuous Monitoring Through Big Data
Need to Know Memo: Big Data
By using this service you agree not to post material that is obscene, harassing, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable. Although GovExec.com does not monitor comments posted to this site (and has no obligation to), it reserves the right to delete, edit, or move any material that it deems to be in violation of this rule.
