Heavily slanted. Some points from the source article: "workers earning $150,000 or more make up 3.9% of the workforce" (the original headline was "More federal

Heavily slanted. Some points from the source article: "workers earning $150,000 or more make up 3.9% of the workforce" (the original headline was "More federal workers' pay" which paints a different mental picture). "The biggest pay hikes have gone to employees who have been with the government for 15 to 24 years" "Physicians rewarded. Medical doctors at veterans hospitals, prisons and elsewhere earn an average of $179,500" IT in particular is poorly compensated when compared to the private sector. In fact the government would be better off hiring large numbers at private sector-level salaries instead of outsourcing to private contractors at huge markups (Robert Gates made the same point with regard to defense contracting). But the forces aligned against "stunning" federal pay aren't likely to oppose continued outsourcing. They're also carefully carving the pie to exclude federal defense workers: "Freeze federal salaries for three years, with the exception of defense paychecks."