Creamer v. United States

D&vis, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court:

By the Federal Salary Reform Act of 1962 (Part II of the Act of October 11, 1962, Public Law 87-793), 76 Stat. 832, 841, 847, § 701(a) (B), 5 U.S.C. §1121, Congress changed the traditional criterion for step in-grade raises within the civilian federal service from “a current performance rating of ‘Satisfactory’ or better” to “work [which] is of an acceptable level of competence as determined by the head of the *412department.” Plaintiff, who was denied an in-grade increase for the period ending June 23,1963 because it was said that he did not meet…