When Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told a virtual town hall audience Dec. 16 “enough is enough” on involuntary force management, the civilian force was not included. According to Air Force officials, USAF will continue to work the drawdown of civilian positions through Fiscal 2015. That will include “multiple rounds of civilian workforce shaping measures to include maximum use of pre-RIF placement flexibilities to help properly place and shape the civilian workforce,” according to an October release. A Sept. 30 RIF is planned as a last resort. “Our hope is that through multiple rounds of voluntary civilian workforce shaping measures and the use of pre-Reduction in Force placement flexibilities we should be able to offset most of our civilian impacts,” said Air Force spokeswoman Rose Richeson. Richeson said the Air Force is making an effort to reassign civilian employees “into vacant positions without negatively affecting pay or benefits.”
DNI: Cyber Is The Common Weapon Among Top Adversaries
April 17, 2021
The top four U.S. adversaries—China, Russia, Iran and North Korea—are improving their military capabilities but relying increasingly on cyber means to challenge the U.S. and blunt its influence around the world, the intelligence community's annual threat assessment says. The report comes amid military tensions with both China and Russia.