Presto change-o at defense
Democrats got rolled again last month when House Republicans moved another step closer to granting the Defense Department's request for sweeping authority to build a new personnel system almost from scratch. It was the most stunning breakout since William Holden's great escape in Stalag 17.
As Government Executive's Brian Friel rightly pointed out in the June issue, the problem facing the Defense Department and the rest of government is not necessarily the impending retirement wave, indeed, the turnover rate in government might actually be too low, especially at the middle and upper levels.
In addition, make sure to read these articles:
- Unleashing reform
- Call to Action
- Staffing rules with a twist
- Pentagon intelligence shop will be lean. (Security Beat).
- Defense budget to reach $380 billion. (Washington Pulse).
- Landmark Reforms
- Rumsfeld vocal about personnel reform. (Washington Pulse).
- On the record...
- editor's corner.
- Covering The Bases
- Off the map
- Government by the numbers
- Defense: Procurement outlook still cloudy
- Space Force Unlikely.
- Executive Branch: STEPHEN CAMBONE
IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2 By Paul C. Light THE LAST WORD Recent Defense Department e-mails disclosed by Government Executive suggest that the federal government's largest bureaucracy ......
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Things are rarely what they seem on Capitol Hill. A classic example is the debate over Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's proposal to change the personnel ......
The new office of the undersecretary of defense for intelligence I headed by Stephen Cambone will need at least a year to settle and "carry ......
The Defense Department's massive spending increase in fiscal year 2003 is the biggest boost the Pentagon's budget has received since 1982. Most of the $48 ......
HEADNOTE Defense embarks on overhaul of pay, hiring rules Legislation granting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authority to set up new rules governing hiring, pay and ......
Seeking to bolster his case for a broad overhaul of the Pentagon's personnel system, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that the current civil-service structure severely ......
On Jan. 31, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called on service members and Defense civilians to help transform the Defense Department. Here is an excerpt from ......
The ongoing national debate surrounding U.S. military participation in the so-called "war on drugs" takes center stage this month. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has hinted ......
As the Pentagon gears up for the submission of its base-closing hit list next month, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has dropped hints that the cuts ......
Eleven members of Congress have urged the Defense Department to review a controversial outsourcing plan at the National Imaging and Mapping Agency. In a May ......
As Democrats and federal employee unions battle the Hush administration's proposal to put thousands of federal jobs up for competition, the government's hidden workforce has ......
Despite months of speculation over Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's approach to shoring up the beleaguered Defense procurement budget, it remains to be seen how the ......
The congressionally appointed "space commission" that currently is evaluating the organization of U.S. space programs is unlikely to recommend the creation of a "space force," ......
STEPHEN CAMBONE Undersecretary for Intelligence DEFENSE DEPARTMENT 703-695-0972 The Pentagon's intelligence czar. A trusted aide and protege of Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Bristly, even arrogant....
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