Oct. 22, 2013 Military Parenting Website Assists Communication Service members who deploy or are otherwise separated from their families due to mission needs now have an online resource allowing them to hone their parenting skills as they reconnect with their children.Pam Murphy, the Defense Department's lead psychologist for the website, said the launch of
Oct. 21, 2013 315th Airlift Wing Civilian Quarterly Award winner for 3rd Quarter 2013 Shawn Summers, of 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, has been named 315th Airlift Wing Civilian of the Quarter for July - September 2013."I would like to extend my congratulations to Mr. Summers who was chosen for his outstanding achievements representing the 315th Airlift Wing. This is a very
Oct. 21, 2013 Military to Reduce Community and Public Outreach Pentagon officials announced a plan today that will enable the military services to resume conducting community and public outreach activities in the new fiscal year, but at a significantly reduced capacity. This cost-cutting measure will yield a savings of $104 million in fiscal year 2014.Defense
Oct. 18, 2013 Shutdown Over, But Effects on DOD Continue, Hagel Says The government shutdown is over, but it will take a while for the effects to fade, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said here today.At the shutdown's height, more than 400,000 Defense Department civilian employees were furloughed because of the lapse of appropriations for the new fiscal year, which
Oct. 18, 2013 Air Force returns to normal, tuition assistance back on As a result of the passed continuing resolution legislation, the Air Force is in the process of returning operations to normal pre-shutdown status, to include the reinstatement of military tuition assistance. The continuing resolution will fund the Air Force under the fiscal year 2013 sequester
Oct. 18, 2013 AF civilians to be retroactively paid, urged not to access pay system Civilians, including those who returned to work earlier this month, will be retroactively paid but are urged not to access the pay system, as mass amounts of website logins could potentially crash the system.Limiting access to the Time and Attendance website to only timekeepers and certifiers allows
Oct. 17, 2013 Hagel Stresses Workforce’s Value After ‘Manufactured Crisis’ Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel issued a message to the Defense Department's workforce today, welcoming back employees furloughed by the 16-day government shutdown and emphasizing their value to the nation.Here is the text of the secretary's message:Today the Department of Defense is resuming normal
Oct. 17, 2013 Commentary: The Government Shutdown's Silver Lining As I write this commentary for the base paper, we are in the tenth day of the partial government shutdown due to the lapse in appropriation. Hopefully, by the time the paper has hit the stands and you are reading this, a budget or continuing resolution has been passed, and the government has
Oct. 17, 2013 Congress Passes Bill Reopening Federal Government President Barack Obama signed legislation late yesterday night bringing federal employees back to work after Congress finally resolved the budget logjam which led to a 16-day shutdown.Senate leaders championed bipartisan legislation to reopen the government and remove the threat of government
Oct. 16, 2013 Top AF finance leader: shutdown, sequester causing ‘untold’ damage Nominees for senior positions overseeing the Defense Department's special operations, cost assessment and program evaluation, and the Navy testified Oct. 10, as the Senate Armed Services Committee deliberated on their confirmations.The nominees are Jamie M. Morin, for director of cost assessment and