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Future Force Initiative Seeks Civilian Tech Talent To Tackle DoD Shortfalls

Wednesday, November 18th, 2015

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Future Force Initiative Seeks Civilian Tech Talent To Tackle DoD Shortfalls

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter. Photo: Pentagon

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter on Wednesday laid out a number of initiatives designed to make the Defense Department more competitive with private sector in recruiting and retaining young, technologically savvy employees.“We put a lot of effort into staying on the cutting edge with regards to weapon systems and it’s time we did the same with managing our people,” Carter said of the first of his Force of the Future initiatives during a speech at George Washington University. The initiative…

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