# 2026-04859: DoD Pay Tweaks: Wage Committee Huddles in Secret

2026-04859, Department of Defense Wage Committee; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting, is a Federal Register notice from Defense Department, Defense Department published 2026-03-12, effective Tuesday, December 9, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and was closed to the public.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-04859
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-04859
- Title: Department of Defense Wage Committee; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Defense Department; Defense Department
- Citation: 91 FR 12174
- Published: 2026-03-12
- Effective: Tuesday, December 9, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and was closed to the public.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

DoD Pay Tweaks: Wage Committee Huddles in Secret

## Summary

The Department of Defense Wage Committee met several times to review and update pay rates for blue-collar workers in different areas. These changes affect DoD employees paid from government funds and could impact their wages soon. The meetings were private and focused on making sure pay stays fair and up-to-date.

## Abstract

The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meetings of the DoD Wage Committee have taken place.

## Effects PRIA read

- DoD wage schedule reviews may change pay: mixed, medium. If you are a DoD blue-collar employee paid from government funds, the DoD Wage Committee reviewed wage surveys and proposed wage schedules or wage changes for many appropriated and nonappropriated fund local wage areas during meetings from December 9, 2025 through March 3, 2026. These reviews cover…
- 15-day notice waived to avoid pay harm: benefit, low. The Advisory Committee Management Officer waived the 15-calendar day public-notice requirement for the December 9 and December 16, 2025 meetings because delays would have increased negative impacts to pay for Federal Wage System employees. The waiver allowed those meetings to proceed without the us…

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## Sources
- [2026-04859 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/12/2026-04859/department-of-defense-wage-committee-notice-of-federal-advisory-committee-meeting)
- [2026-04859 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-12/pdf/2026-04859.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-04859 (as of 2026-06-08).