
Nearly 21,000 Defense Department personnel have opted to voluntarily resign from the civilian workforce and about 6,000 slots open each month are not being filled due to a hiring freeze in effect, senior DoD officials said on Tuesday. DoD is targeting a 5 to 8 percent reduction in its civilian workforce to save funds that can be applied to mission critical priorities (Defense Daily, Feb. 21). The “vast majority” of employees that applied for the Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) were…