DoD Plans for More Reductions in Civilian Staff

DoD plans for more reductions in civilian staff

The Defense Department is planning on reorganizing and reducing the size of the staff that supports the Defense Technical Information Center, or DTIC. The Pentagon said through a reduction-in-force effort, DTIC will cut the staff down to 40 civilian positions. It expects the RIF notices to go out by Aug. 25. Additionally, Silvana Rubino-Hallman, who is the acting administrator of DTIC, will conduct a zero-based core mission review for all contra…

DTIC next office facing workforce reductions

The Pentagon's repository for research and development information is the next office facing major cuts under the Trump administration as the under secretary for research and engineering ordered a workforce reduction Monday. Under Secretary Emil Michael ordered the Defense Technical Information Center’s staff reduced to just 40 civilian positions by Aug. 25 in an effort to “streamline the organization,” he wrote in a memo. The reduction in force…