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PAY and OTHER COMPENSATION
This page is about the financial aspects of Presidential appointments.

       Compensation for federal employees is generally statutory and clearly established.  But having said that, it is important to understand that the actual pay can be impacted by prior government service, including military service, the years of service involved and similar factors.  Whether benefits are included and to what extent they are included is always tricky and needs to be clearly established when accepting an appointment is being considered.  An example of how subjective and changeable this issue can be is illustrated by an Executive Order of the Bush Administration which limited income for many appointees to a certain percentage beyond the appointee's civilian income prior to being appointed.  As you can guess, that order has been shot full of holes with countless exceptions.  The point is to be careful to understand what the pay and benefits will be prior to accepting an appointment.  More than one prospective appointee has gotten lost in the excitement of the Presidential game and ended up not really understanding what pay was due, and more than one has had to leave the office in order to survive because the pay was less than expected. .

     Per diem and travel expenses are usually compensated, but be sure to understand how and to what extent if that money is important to make it possible for you to accept the appointment.

     The amount of pay to senior appointees is a matter of substantial concern and serious controversy to many individuals and organizations.  Often strong possible appointments are lost because the nominee cannot afford to leave a private sector position to take a lesser paying position in government.  The Brookings Institution has conducted a study on the depth and nature of the compensation problem.

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     John Isaacson, page owner, graduated from Washington University Law School - He was involved in Missouri state politics as campaign manager for Governor and as state Republican Campaign Chairman in 1963-1964. Isaacson was an Air Force Intelligence Officer in Europe during the Berlin Crisis under John Kennedy - President Nixon appointed him to serve on the President's Commission for the Observance of the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations, serving on the Executive Committee and the China Subcommittee which recommended the admission of China to the United Nations. His political experience includes meetings with Presidents Harry Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, and Ford. He enjoyed a long personal friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt and Edna Gellhorn, the founder of The League of Women Voters. Isaacson has traveled extensively throughout Europe and the Near and Far East.  He now lives in western Montana near the Rocky Mountain Continental Divide in Butte Montana, the "Richest Hill on Earth."

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