DHHS Salary Cap Announcement 2018 [1]
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, restricts the amount of direct salary to Executive Level II of the Federal Executive pay scale. The Executive Level II salary was previously set at $187,000, and increased to $189,600 effective January 7, 2018.
The University encourages re-budgeting funds to accommodate the increase in salary cap when permissible, and adjustments should be effective February 1, 2018.
The NIH Salary Cap Summary is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/salcap_summary.htm [2].
The University of Iowa Salary Cap Guidelines can be found at http://gao.fo.uiowa.edu/dhhs-salary-cap-university-guidelines-and-procedures [3].
If you need assistance tracking restrictions or have any questions, please contact Audra Haddy (audra-haddy@uiowa.edu [4]) or Scott Kallaus (scott-kallaus@uiowa.edu [5]).