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Column: Acquisition workforce strategy is the answer to DoD's problems

Retired Maj. Gen. Arnold Punaro, a member of the Defense Business Board, said the decimation of contracting officers, program managers and others have put the military at a disadvantage in spending hundreds of billions of dollars. He said the answer to their problem is simple but hard to implement: a comprehensive plan to improve the acquisition workforce.

Tags: Arnold Punaro , DoD , contracting , acquisition , James Cartwright , John McCain , Inside the Worlds Biggest Buyer

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Advisory board: DoD CIO needs more clout for cloud

The Defense Department chief information officer needs more clout when it comes to implementing cloud computing, according to an advisory committee consisting of industry executives.

Tags: David Langstaff , TASC , DoD Report , technology , cloud computing , Federal Drive , Teri Takai

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Military retirement costs are affordable, DoD says

Amid calls for military retirement reform, Pentagon officials say the system that's in place right now is not the main driver of the department's escalating personnel costs and is affordable . Their remarks Tuesday before a Congressional subcommittee run counter to a Defense Business Board report that suggested retirement costs may eventually crowd out warfighting capability.

Tags: DoD , Congress , House , House Armed Services Committee , pay and benefits , benefits , retirement , military retirement , Steve Stobridge , Jo Ann Rooney , Vee Penrod , Austin Scott , Jared Serbu

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Reconstructing NSPS

The Defense Business Board, which advises Defense Secretary Gates, is preparing its final report on DoD's National Security Personnel System. The current, NSPS has drawn the ire of labor unions, who want to see workers back in the tried and true GS classification system. Both the President and OPM director John Berry, favor some type of "pay for performance". The DBB is expected to deliver its final NSPS report before Labor Day.

Tags: management , Armed Forces , DoD , NSP , OPM , John Berry

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Analysis: Where does NSPS go now?

Tags: management , NSPS , MSPB , Dr. John Crum

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Robert Tobias on Measuring the Performance of Pay for Performance

NSPS task force member discusses upcoming review with FederalNewsRadio

Tags: P&B , DoD , OPM , NSPS , pay for performance , Robert Tobias

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DoD makes NSPS pay raise equal to GS employees

Defense still will have money in pay pools for performance-based increases or bonuses. Secretary Gates says he decided to make the raises equal because of ongoing review of NSPS.

Tags: pay and benefits , Robert Gates , DoD , NSPS , pay raise , GS system ,

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NSPS update: Unions speak before Board final recommendations

Tags: Pay & Benefits , management , NSPS , Max Cacas

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Report: NSPS should be reconstructed

Tags: Pay & Benefits , management , NSPS , pay-for-performance , Rudy deLeon , Center for American Progress

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Pay for Performance under review

NSPS task force to get down into pay for performance weeds. Defense and OPM team up to announce a new task force to lead the way.

Tags: P&B , DoD , OPM , NSPS , pay for performance , Rudy deLeon , Robert Tobias , Michael Bayer

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