Feb 2021: U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced the
Air America Act of 2021, bipartisan and bicameral legislation that would provide Air America employees federal retirement credit they earned. The legislation, first introduced by Warner and Rubio in July 2020, is identical to an amendment that Sen. Rubio filed to the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, and continues the Senator’s support for these Americans.
“I am proud to cosponsor this bill with Senator Rubio that will provide long-overdue recognition and retirement benefits to the brave men and women who flew for Air America,”
Warner said. “Air Americans were instrumental to the U.S. war effort in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, courageously supporting troops, rescuing downed American pilots and sustaining casualties in the service of their country. Air America was on call until the very end of the war, including flying the last helicopters out of Saigon where they evacu
More than 178,000 troops may be eligible for this student loan debt forgiveness benefit, watchdog says Troops need more information about this student loan debt forgiveness program. (Michael Burrell) Although many military members and Defense Department civilian employees could benefit financially from a 14-year-old federal student loan debt forgiveness program, the benefit is underused and misunderstood, according to a new report from government auditor. Few have applied so far for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and of those who have, about 94 percent have been denied, according to the report from Government Accountability Office, showing a need for more information about eligibility requirements.
Former director of the The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Director Robert Cardillo, seen giving a tour amid NGA analysts. The NGA recently launched the Neurodiverse Federal Workforce pilot program in partnership with tMitre, and Melwood, a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities find employment. (NGA)
This week, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s 2021 Federal Workforce Summit highlighted the latest progress of a new Neurodiverse Federal Workforce pilot program happening at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), while the non-profit agency Made by Dyslexia debuted a new video podcast episode detailing how the U.K.âs signals intelligence and information assurance agency actively recruits and employs neurodiverse individuals as spies.
By Natalie Alms
Feds working in the Office of Management and Budget reported last year in the government s annual employee survey that they were unsure of their ability to blow the whistle without fear of reprisal and were distrustful of top agency leadership.
The Office of Personnel Management released results of the 2020 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey on April 26. OPM officials stressed during a press briefing that the results aren t meant to measure employee morale, but instead the organizational climate of agencies. The 2020 survey also saw some changes in content and was administered in the fall, instead of the spring as is custom.