Is there any recruiting going on that you know of where diversity is the target?

It seems to me that the problem basically is in terms of oversight as to whether or not they are following the rules that have been laid out for them and not using it, as you mention, to try to get around something that they find to be…

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 and supervisory experience they have.

Doesn't designating an internship program as a diversity tool provide a vehicle for some of that to take place?

Do you think you are going to be able to retain those people?

I mean, Senator Akaka and I are trying to improve USAJOBS, which it is just archaic.

very often those who are promoted into management positions are promoted because they are really good at the technical job that they do

As Senator Akaka knows, we have been long advocates of robust and focused training programs for supervisors and employees.

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.

Why in the devil do you think we wanted to go to the system for in the first place?