by ADC | Jan 29, 2025 | DOD Civilian, On Base
The Trump administration Tuesday extended an offer to civilian federal employees: Resign by Feb. 6 and get paid through Sept. 30. Axios was the first to report on the offer, which the administration thinks hundreds of thousands of federal workers may agree to. The...
by ADC | Sep 26, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, DOD Civilian, On Base
If Congress doesn’t extend government spending and the government shuts down Saturday night, service members could go without pay for an unknown period of time. Here’s what we know about the potential shutdown’s impact: As On Base reported, DOD released preliminary...
by ADC | Feb 24, 2023 | Congress/DoD, Defense Budget, DOD Civilian, On Base
A union that represents 250,000 DOD civilian employees is pushing back against House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)’s proposal to cut the DOD civilian workforce. Calvert recently said that DOD could save $125 billion over five years...
by ADC | Dec 7, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, DCIP, Defense Budget, DOD Civilian, Force Culture, Military Families, NDAA, OLDCC, On Base
House and Senate negotiators released their fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act language late Tuesday. The compromise bill would: Authorize $858 billion for national defense, which is above the administration’s request but matches the amount...
by ADC | Sep 6, 2022 | Congress/DoD, DOD Civilian, On Base
President Biden formalized a plan last that week will give civilian employees in the federal workforce a 4.1% pay increase across the board along with an increase based on locality that averages 0.5%, as Defense One reported. “Multiple years of lower pay raises for...
by ADC | Jun 23, 2022 | Congress/DoD, COVID-19, Defense Budget, DOD Civilian, Energy, Infrastructure, Military Families, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, NDAA, On Base
On Base previously reported on some of the items included in House Armed Services Committee Chair Adam Smith’s (D-Wash.) draft National Defense Authorization Act. Here are some of the provisions the committee added during its markup of the bill Wednesday, before...
by ADC | May 25, 2022 | Congress/DoD, DOD Civilian, On Base
The Pentagon should learn from the private sector to increase efficiency, civilian employee training opportunities and match employees with job function, the Defense Business Board recommended, according to Federal Times. “The department doesn’t know its employees’...
by ADC | Jan 24, 2022 | DOD Civilian, On Base
The Office of Personnel Management outlined a new policy Friday that increases the minimum federal wage for all federal employees to at least $15 an hour. The vast majority of those impacted are in DOD, where about 56,000 will get a bump, CQ reported. For those who...
