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Senate NDAA would bring chief management officer back to Pentagon

The Senate’s version of the 2024 defense authorization bill has a provision to bring back the previously eliminated position of DoD chief management officer.

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Defense Management Institute looks to centralize unwieldy DoD management

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How inflation has hit federal contractors

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The military has a hard time doing its job when Congress doesn’t do its job

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Why DoD’s fighting force is ‘ever shrinking’ despite robust budgets

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Why the fighting force is ‘ever shrinking’ despite robust Defense budgets

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FILE - This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon has endorsed a new slate of initiatives to expand diversity within the ranks and reduce prejudice, including in recruiting, retention and professional development across the force. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon moves quickly to redistribute duties of now-abolished chief management officer

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In this photo taken on Aug. 4, 2015, a female Army Ranger stands with her unit during Ranger School at Camp Rudder on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. According to the Northwest Florida Daily News, she and one other female were the first to complete Ranger training and earn their Ranger tab this week. (Nick Tomecek/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

After 70 years of integration, military health system still isn’t addressing women’s needs

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Senate Defense bill would eliminate DoD’s chief management officer

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DoD has new options if it wants to replace CMO role

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Is DoD’s top personnel and readiness job doomed?

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Defense secretary departures leave vacuum, Vacancies Act complications

Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Arnold Punaro, chief executive of the Punaro Group, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to sort it out.

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$40,000 DoD VSIP pay may be here to stay

The House Armed Services Committee wants to expand the $40,000 Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay for DoD civilians to 2021.

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Congress finds family life at the root of military personnel issues

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The Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee is preparing its provisions for the 2018 defense authorization bill and this week it heard from some former top DoD officials. Family life seemed to be the bottom line for a lot of military issues. Employees want to be able to move between the civilian and military world, they want quality childcare for their children and they want their spouses to be happy and be able to work where they are stationed.