civilian workforce

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In Japan, civilian feds say health care crisis still isn’t fixed

Our readers in Japan respond to a recent Federal News Network interview with the director of the Defense Health Agency — telling us the civilian employee…

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The Army has ideas for reducing civilian time-to-hire

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Navy, Air Force want Congress to abolish 180-day waiting period to hire military retirees

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Army wrongly diverted civilian payroll funds to pay other headquarters bills, IG says

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Navy creates new framework, governance council to improve civilian workforce

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Pentagon ends temporary stoppage in civilian hiring

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Navy, Air Force CMOs decry ‘blunt, formulaic’ cuts to civilian workforce

Senate-passed annual authorization bill for DoD would require a 5 percent cut in non-uniformed employees. Chief management officers from two military services…

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Senate’s defense bill cuts civilian workforce, caps contractor salaries

The Senate approved a $631 billion annual defense policy Tuesday that would require the Defense Department to reduce its civilian workforce by 5 percent…

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Senate moves forward with plan to reduce DoD civilian workforce

The Senate moved forward with a plan to require the Defense Department to reduce its civilian workforce by 5 percent over the next five years, after a measure striking that provision was defeated in a vote Friday. Earlier this week, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced an amendment to the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, which would lift a mandated 5 percent reduction to DoD’s civilian and contractor workforces over five years. But in a 53-41 vote, Cardin’s amendment was defeated.

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