[ckeck]

Federal Government employees have their pay publicly visible, at least many of them. Some Universities do the same. I'm not sure why this is so mind-blowing for some.

Also, keep in mind that they clearly set the opposite expectation about privacy with their employees and (from what they say), cleared it with everyone first.

[yogo]

Given the fact that federal employees are paid by tax payers (the employer) then the tax payers should know how much they are paying them.