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News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, November 29, 2010
Contact: Jennifer Dorsey
Tel: 202-606-2402

Statement by U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry on Federal Employee Pay Freeze

“Federal employees work hard for our nation each day, and this sacrifice the President asked them to make today is significant and emblematic of the shared sacrifice we all will have to make if we are to bring the deficit to heel and preserve an economic future for our children.”

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