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Businesses Tout Marriage Equality Bill for Workers
… of military ID cards so family members can access on-base commissaries and other services.The changes at the Defense Department are limited because of DOMA, which was signed by then-President Bill Clinton in 1996. The law excludes same …
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An Open Letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Regarding Joint Chiefs of Staff Ethics Training
… to bet that the content of Defense Department courses is not the problem ..... use to evaluate whether the Defense Department 's ethics training can actually ..... effectiveness, even if legal. Does Defense Department ethics training help senior …
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2012 Game Changer: Kelly Timpane
… as possible," Timpane says in an email. Progeny specializes in electronic systems development for the U.S. Defense Department and other organizations, according to the company's website.One of Timpane's first moves in transforming …
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Slugging at the Pentagon: Civility at Work
… distinguished panel for the Defense Department at the 2011 Defense Employee ..... discipline is found throughout the Defense Department . One example I had not heard about ..... civility and respect, a key Defense Department value, going to and from work …
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Military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Plan: A Guide for Effective Cultural Change
… few hours reading the U.S. Defense Department 's 87-page support plan for ..... Tell repeal legislation, the Defense Department polled more than 400 ..... procedures and process. The Defense Department clearly defines changing behaviors …
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Kennedy Takes Agencies to Task for Not Protecting Vet Jobs
… civilian jobs over the past six years, according to Defense Department figures released by Sen. Edward Kennedy on Thursday ..... Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). The Defense Department survey indicates that 77 percent of those experiencing …
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Defense Bill Extends Military Families’ FMLA Coverage
President Barack Obama has signed into law a Defense Department spending bill that further expands Family and Medical Leave Act coverage for families of employees in the military . The measure …
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Analysis: COBRA Premium Subsidy Cost U.S. Government $34 Billion
… panel estimated the subsidy cost the government $24.7 billion. As part of a measure authorizing funds for the Defense Department in December 2009, Congress extended the subsidy to 15 months and made it available to those losing their jobs through …
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Obama Proposes COBRA Premium Subsidy Extension
… employees and their families at a cost of about $25 billion to the federal government. Then in December, as part of a Defense Department spending bill, Congress approved a six-month extension to 15 months  for employees involuntarily terminated …
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Extension Likely for COBRA Subsidy
… and their families and cost about $25 billion. Then in December, Congress approved and Obama signed into law a Defense Department spending bill with a provision extending the subsidy to a total of 15 months for employees laid off from September …
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Energy Dept. Policy Raises Democrats’ Ire
… says Dallas Salisbury, president and CEO of the Employee Benefit Research Institute. "The question is, is the Defense Department next?" Even if the agency is acting alone, it is overstepping its bounds, says an expert, who argues that contractors …
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Energy Dept. Limits Contractor Reimbursements to Defined-contribution Costs
… says Dallas Salisbury, president and CEO of the Employee Benefit Research Institute. "The question is, is the Defense Department next?" The Office of Management and Budget was not able to say as of May 1 whether other government agencies would …
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Congress Approves Bill to Expand FMLA for Military Families
… parent is on active duty in the military or is called up for active duty. Under a provision tucked into a broader Defense Department authorization measure, H.R. 4986, leave for close relatives of employees on active duty or called up for military …
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Veterans Job Boards Seek Federal Probe of Monster-DOD Deal
… VetJobs , MilitaryHire and CorporateGray believe the Defense Department ignored their sites when it launched TurboTAP.org ..... declined to comment and referred inquiries to the Defense Department . Several attempts to contact Monster went unanswered …
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Handling Questions of Ethics From Job Candidates
… to question and what isn’t. "We learned in business ethics class that after Northrop got in trouble with the defense department for falsifying test results, its new ethics’ code specifically told employees they had a responsibility to challenge …
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To All E-mailers From Todd
… Forward This Article Around For Good Luck! Apparently, in the early days of the digital age, some people in the defense department were worried about a new form of communication under development: E-mail. Their concern decades ago was that …
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On the Trail of the Security-Cleared Employee
… workers with a security clearance issued by the Defense Department . Debra Loreilhe serves as recruiting manager in the ..... relentlessly stalking security-cleared employees. As the Defense Department ’s budget climbs--President Bush has requested …
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Going Postal and Beyond Dynamics Triggering Workplace Violence
… other large companies or federal agencies. Most folks don't realize that the Postal Service, apart from the Defense Department as a whole, is the largest employer in the United States (if not the world). As of a couple of years ago, there …
