The Pentagon has begun to craft the governing guidance that will usher the Defense Department’s blue-collar workforce from the Federal Wage System to the new National Security Personnel System, reports Government Executive. The work has begun despite a federal court ruling baring the Pentagon from converting any union-represented employee to the new system. The Pentagon plans to appeal. Meanwhile, DOD is set to induct the next round of nonunion employees into NSPS in October.
The Space Force should take bold, decisive steps—and soon—to develop the capabilities and architecture needed to support more flexible, dynamic operations in orbit and counter Chinese aggression and technological progress, according to a new report from AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
