“DOD civilian employees must cancel all future non-exempted official travel reservations, and those currently on non-exempted travel must return to their respective permanent duty stations as soon as feasible,” the DOD memo read. The spending limit for the government-issued travel ...
Department of Defense civilian employees can shop at 16 commissaries during a pilot program for the next 120 days. The select stores, all located in the continental United States,will be open to all DOD civilian employees, both appropriated fund and nonappropriated fund emplo...
Federal government employees, including DoD civilians, already have access to dependent care flexible spending accounts as do a number of private-sector employees. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 43% of civilian workers had access to these accounts in 2021. A...
introduced legislation last year called the Realizing Efforts for Military Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Act. It would require and create a more rigorous diversity training program for troops, contractors, and civilian staff members at the Defense Department. The legislation...
the DoD said it would develop programs to prepare troops who are leaving the service from being targeted by extremist organizations. Numerous studies have shown that some veterans are much more likely to be targeted for recruitment in the white extremist fringe, compared to the civilian...
RELATED Trump picks Fox commentator Pete Hegseth as his next Defense Secretary Hegseth is an Army veteran and will need to be confirmed by the Senate before taking over the top civilian Pentagon post. ByLeo Shane IIIandNoah Robertson The Defense Department reimbursements and leav...
In our case, the parents were happy to help. Within a day, many parents had purchased a ream of paper and brought it to the school. Word spread quickly among the base community. Many people who had no children of their own made a trip to the office supply store to buy paper for the...
Similarly, Defense Department leaders have called the dismissals of probationary workers the first step in broader workforce cuts. Those cuts will cover 5% to 8% of the Pentagon’s civilian workforce, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsethwrote in a February memo. ...