Air Force Print News (Dec. 27, 2006): officials select civilians for leadership program.WASHINGTON Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. (AFPN AFPN Air Force Print News AFPN American Forces Philippines Network (former AFRTS network in the Philippine Islands ) -- Sixty-nine Air Force civilians were selected recently for a new leadership development program that provides a total force development vision for Air Force civilians in the GS-15 grade, preparing them for senior roles in the Department of Defense. The civilians were selected from 115 candidates by a board consisting of three general officers, including a three-star board president, and two Senior Executive Service members. Because of the implementation of the National Security Personnel System, General Schedule grades are in the process of being converted to various pay schedules and pay bands. With NSPS NSPS National Security Personnel System (US government) NSPS New Source Performance Standard NSPS National Society of Professional Surveyors NSPS National Suicide Prevention Strategy (Australia) on the horizon, the previously named GS-15 LD program will now be known as the Civilian Strategic Leader Program. CSLP CSLP Canada Student Loans Program CSLP Colorado Student Loan Program CSLP Cooperative Satellite Learning Project CSLP Center for the Study of Learning and Performance (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada) CSLP Council for Second Language Programs is based on the following five foundational principles: * Integrate other senior leader deliberate development efforts * Incorporate broader force development initiatives * Advance career field management initiatives * Create broad avenues to develop a cadre (company) CADRE - The US software engineering vendor which merged with Bachman Information Systems to form Cayenne Software in July 1996. of GS-15s with multiple perspectives * Enhance career management and development services for those who are committed to this vision. Any Air Force civilian in a position with permanent grade of GS-15 or GS-15 equivalent was eligible to apply for the program, provided they have not declined a GS-15 LD position within the past two years. The selectees will now be considered first for premiere developmental assignments, as well as be given various educational and developmental opportunities. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The initiative was designed to help institutionalize in·sti·tu·tion·a·lize v. To place a person in the care of an institution, especially one providing care for the disabled or mentally ill. in the Total Force development vision for GS-15 and equivalent pay bands throughout the Air Force. "Our mission is to identify, develop and support a leadership cadre that will successfully execute the evolving Air Force mission," said Lt. Gen. Roger Brady, chief of staff for manpower and personnel at the Pentagon Pentagon Huge five-sided building (1941–43) in Arlington, Va., that is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. Designed by George Edwin Bergstrom, it was, on its completion, the world's largest office building, covering 34 acres (14 hectares) and offering , "and be prepared to successfully lead at the senior executive level." |
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