Pay for Performance
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who choose to make their careers in government are not in it for the pay, or so the popular wisdom holds. And indeed, Shawn Zeller's cover story on pay-for-performance reforms in the Senior Executive Service offers evidence that the 6,272 career SES members are motivated far more by the spirit of public service and the importance of their jobs than they are by the pay they earn.
Senior executives don't mind being held accountable, even if it means modest raises. BY TIMOTHY B. CLARK
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That would distinguish them from many in the private sector, where pay is more important as a measure of worth and achievement. Now to be sure, many in the commercial world-from investment bankers to lawyers, doctors, nurses and journalists-also believe they are playing a vital role in building our society. And pay in some of these occupations, including journalism, can lag behind compensation levels in government. (A speechwriter at NASA, for example, can earn more than a Washington bureau chief for a provincial newspaper.)
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