Believe it or not, Pentagon officials say they plan to request union opinion about the “details of pay banding, staffing, performance management, and other aspects” of the new National Personnel Management System. Unions, you know, have filed suit against DOD on the NSPS rollout. (DR, 11/09/05) Pentagon officials say the NSPS is undergoing a 30-day Congressional notification period, ending in late November, after which it becomes effective. The “continuing collaboration” with the unions ends in January. After that, it’s off to the races for DOD employees. Well, we still have to find out the lawsuit outcome.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. still “believes” in his mantra of “Accelerate Change or Lose”—and indicated the doctrinal changes it produced when he was Air Force Chief of Staff played a role in the service’s recent response to Iran’s aerial assault on Israel, he…