Here is a response back to a general response from a representative: I currently work in Germany at the Landstuhl hospital as a US government employee. Although I am currently not affected by this travesty for another couple of years, I have for years watched a needless turnover of qualified and productive employees that are forced to rotate back and forth between oversees and the states only to comply with an outdated cold war policy. With a little more research myself and many others realized the scope of this wasteful policy. We also discovered that this is a known issue within the DoD (both by internal and external agencies) but they have failed or are unwilling to look into the matter. Personally, I was one of the sequestered public servants last year. In this dire time of severely limited budgets the DoD is asking for even more money. We as civilian employees are again being threatened with further sequestrations, pay freezes and restricted promotions. All I am asking is that before the DoD comes to the US taxpayers elected representatives for budgetary consideration, they reevaluate or rescind the five year rule. V/r ________________________________________ From: [email protected] To: tdyram@hotmail Subject: RE: Congressional Request Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:14:30 +0000 I don’t know how much input Congress will have on this, since it falls under the purview of human resources, but we will see. How is this affecting you personally? From: David Marshall [mailto:tdyram@hotmail] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 2:33 AM To: Herring, Patricia Subject: RE: Congressional Request Greetings Mrs. Herring Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to my concern. The five year rule has been questioned in the past but little seems to have been done about it. The DoD has failed to listen to its employees or internal and external auditing organizations. Maybe they will be more open to the taxpayers elected representatives. 1. The RAND Corporation The Future of the Army’s Civilian Workforce “For any given workforce size, costs could be further reduced by approximately $1 billion through continued pay freezes or by limiting promotions and focusing new hires on relatively low pay grades. These potential cost savings should be carefully weighted against the possibility that such policies may encourage the best candidates to leave the Army in search of opportunities in the private sector.” Failing to not capitalize on non-essential move reductions (switch-in/switch-out rates) is to assume that civilian workforce costs reductions are restricted to pay freezes and limited promotion opportunities and the subsequent inherited negative or even hostile work environment. rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR576.html 2. United States General Accounting Office National Security and International Affairs Division In fiscal year 1995, the military services spent $2.9 billion to move nearly 850,000 service members and their families. In response to your request, we reviewed the services’ practices for relocating personnel. Our objectives were to determine whether • opportunities exist to reduce the costs of permanent change-of-station moves, • the number of moves and related costs have decreased in proportion to the reductions in military end strengths, and • frequent reassignments significantly impair military readiness. gao.gov/archive/1996/ns96084.pdf 3. The RAND Corporation Personnel Turbulence “These overseas moves are the most expensive per capita and in the aggregate. The number of such moves is directly related to overseas strengths and tour lengths.” While this is a study in the impact to active duty soldiers, it is not hard to confer the same savings opportunities towards our civilian work force. dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA343654 V/r David Marshall ________________________________________ From: [email protected] To: tdyram@hotmail Subject: Congressional Request Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 20:47:37 +0000 Good afternoon. The Congressman will pass on your concerns to DOD regarding the regulations in question; however, if there is anything we can do for you individually in the meanwhile, please complete and return the attached form. Thanks. Patricia Herring US Representative Tom Cotton Casework Manager Field Representative 101 N. Washington; Suite 406 El Dorado, AR 71730 (870) 881-0681 (o) (870) 881-0683 (f)
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