We went from a cap of $40,000 to $60,000 and from $6,000 a year to $10,000 a year.
Some of the complaints that we had is it takes a lot of time to do performance evaluation.
That is really interesting.
One of the things that I have observed is that as I have come to know a lot of the people in the military, and of what fantastic management ...
very often those who are promoted into management positions are promoted because they are really good at the technical job that they do
They brought in over 1,000 people there.
I always feel good about this because Senator Akaka and I were able to get GAO flexibilities.
Well, I think that we ought to call it for what it is and maybe it is a better system than the one we got by using USAJOBS.
It would seem to me that probably for the benefit of this Subcommittee, that you get the people in that are really using this authority to f...
Do you think you are going to be able to retain those people?
In their evaluation, do you look at whether or not they are paying attention to the issue of diversity in terms of their hiring practices?
It seems to me that what you want to do is to get the people that run the IRS and others to come in and talk about it.
It was probably the best thing, actually, it was the best thing I did when I was governor.
Because I am getting toward the end of this job that I have, I want to find out whether or not any of those flexibilities that we got them i...
It is amazing to me. Have you ever looked at how they go about developing their leaders, or is it because they are in the Army or the Navy o...
Is there any recruiting going on that you know of where diversity is the target?
I mean, Senator Akaka and I are trying to improve USAJOBS, which it is just archaic.
Doesn't designating an internship program as a diversity tool provide a vehicle for some of that to take place?
