Monthly Archives: April 2008
If You Don’t Pay, They Can’t Play
Here’s one of those reasons for a condition that you might not think of at first, but peel back the layers and you can see that the foundation of the onion is as simple as paying fair wages for fair work Pay systems pose significant challenges to the Veterans Affairs Department’s efforts to hire enough … Continue reading
Flight of the Chickenhawks
U2′s Bono is a great example of using politics to get good done and demonstrates that avocation’s best traits of “the art of the possible.” I’ve generally managed to suborn some of my more extreme emotions about the invasion and occupation of Iraq in the service of accomplishing good things for those I care about. … Continue reading
General says Army needs to reduce combat tours in Iraq (4/3/08) — www.GovernmentExecutive.com
Here’s some happy talk: “Twelve months is our goal and 12 months is what we need to get to have a viable, sustainable Army over the long term,” Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, former commander of Multi-National Corps-Iraq, told the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing Thursday. “We have to continually work to move … Continue reading
Loophole Closed = Attitudes Adjusting?
There’s been some reportage of an odd incident, that, once untangled, proves illustrative of a couple of odd points. A new set of rules on contracting contained a provision that exempted them from oversight on overseas contracts. At one point this might have been a footnote but with something like twelve BILLION dollars a week … Continue reading
