The exchange rate of the pound sterling to the U.S. dollar varies, but between 2009 and 2013, the official exchange rate stayed somewhere in the region of 60-to-70 pence per U.S. dollar.
A general schedule is the pay scale for United States government employees --- consisting of 15 grades, ... you get step increases...ntering Government Service. When a person is hired by the federal government, the employee is assigned a pay grade within the job series, depending upon his or her knowledge, education and experience. For instance, an entry-level biologist with a bachelor's degree may enter federal service as a GS-5.
Wednesday, September 17th, 2014. Today, the House passed (319-108) a FY2015 Continuing Resolution (CR), H.J. Res 124, which would fund the federal government until December 11. The bill sets the discretionary funding level for the federal government during CR period at an annual rate of $1.012 trillion.