DoD civilian workforce

The Kaiserslautern Military Community Center sits dusted with snow after the first snowfall of the season, Jan. 15, 2016, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

First win in Europe: DoD employees get union representation at German military installation

Almost 400 workers at the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center Exchange in Germany voted to join the American Federation of Government Employees as…

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

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An aerial view of the Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia.

DoD decades behind private sector in recruiting talent for civilian jobs, study finds

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Congress wants DoD’s telework policies set in stone

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DoD-commissioned study finds major shortcomings in civilian talent management

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The Pentagon may not be paying enough attention to its civilian workforce

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No more two-year probationary period for new Pentagon employees

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Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division used the latest prototype of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) during a training exercise in October at Fort Pickett, Va. The event was part of a larger Soldier Touch Point, the third major milestone in the development and testing of the IVAS, which will undergo one more STP in the spring before initial fielding next year. (U.S. Army Photo by Bridgett Siter)

From recruitment to retention, Army puts more management focus on civilian workforce

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FILE - In this June 7, 2021, file photo, demonstrators at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas, wave at cars that honk at them to support their protest against a policy that says hospital employees must get vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their jobs. A federal judge dismissed their lawsuit, saying if workers don’t like the rule, they can go find another job. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Civilian defense employees find out just what will happen if they refuse COVID-19 vaccine

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Pentagon civilian employees get their deadline to receive COVID-19 vaccine

Federal Newscast

More than 800 service members and civilians gathered at Camp Atterbury for Cyber Shield 18 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana from May 6-18, 2018.

In NDAA, shift in attitude toward DoD civilians goes beyond pay raise

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

The Army is still drafting an implementation plan for the civilian employee side of its new, overarching “People Strategy.” But officials are previewing…

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DoD plans civilian workforce increase, especially health fields

DoD’s civilian workforce would grow modestly under 2020 budget, and up to 15,000 health care positions would be converted to civilian jobs in coming years.

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DoD pushing to resurrect contractor-vs-civilian competitions

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As part of a revived effort to manage contractors, civilians and military personnel as a “total force,” DoD intends to propose a new way to conduct public-private competitions.