The President’s Management Agenda: A Modern Civil Service
Several aspects of the new President's Management Agenda (PMA) are beneficial, from empowering the federal workforce to ensuring the federal government provides services as effectively and efficiently as possible.
The Probation Period: Congress Should Wait for the Information it Asked for
Before the probationary period extension in 2015 from one year to two, DOD supervisors frequently decided to retain or dismiss employees who were less than halfway through the position's training period due to the difficulty of removing an employee following the probationary period.