AIR FORCE TO TEST NEW HIRING PROCESS; EDWARDS AIMS TO SIMPLIFY CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT PROCESS.Byline: Jim Skeen Do you mean:
Edwards will be a test location for a new program intended to make it easier for the Air Force to hire and retain civilian Defense Department workers. The Acquisition Personnel Demonstration Project will look at new ways of hiring and filling job vacancies as well as explore the possibility of grouping civilian defense worker pay grades into broad pay bands, increasing the flexibility in assigning as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. work and pay, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Air Force officials. The existing system is often criticized for taking too long to fill jobs and not always having the right candidates for the positions. The system has too many procedural requirements, officials said. The project also will examine the creation of a ``contribution-based compensation and appraisal'' system. ``Civilian appraisal changes will give workers an increased opportunity to receive more money based on their contributions to the mission,'' said Lynn Lynn, city (1990 pop. 81,245), Essex co., E Mass.; inc. as a town 1631, as a city 1850. Lynn is an old industrial center. The first ironworks (1643) and the first fire engine (1654) in the country were built there. Matsler Brod, Acquisition Career Management and Resources Division, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force. The Air Force Flight Test Center and the Secretary of the Air Force Acquisition Office have committed 2,150 General Schedule positions to the project. The way the Defense Department does business with its civilian work force is in flux flux In metallurgy, any substance introduced in the smelting of ores to promote fluidity and to remove objectionable impurities in the form of slag. Limestone is commonly used for this purpose in smelting iron ores. . Prompted by tight budgets, the Defense Department is conducting a series of studies referred to as A-76, named after an Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), formerly the Bureau of the Budget, is an agency of the federal government that evaluates, formulates, and coordinates management procedures and program objectives within and among departments and agencies of the Executive Branch. circular requiring open competitions for work that has traditionally been done by government employees. Last year, Edwards awarded a contract for supply operations to a private contractor, eliminating 121 government civilian jobs and 215 military positions. The base has other A-76 studies in the works. These competitions have resulted in savings of 20 percent to 25 percent, base officials say. ``The job will still get done,'' said Maj. Gen. Richard Ri·chard , Joseph Henri Maurice Known as "Rocket." 1921-2000. Canadian hockey player. A right wing for the Montreal Canadiens (1942-1960), he led his team to eight Stanley Cup championships and was the first player to score 50 goals in a Reynolds, the Flight Test Center commander. ``Hopefully it will get done better. Our objective is that it will get done cheaper.'' In about half the cases, the Air Force retains the existing government workers for the work, according to Air Force officials. |
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