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  2. Economics of defense - Wikipedia

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    The economics of defense or defense economics is a subfield of economics, an application of the economic theory to the issues of military defense. [1] It is a relatively new field. An early specialized work in the field is the RAND Corporation report The Economics of Defense in the Nuclear Age by Charles J. Hitch and Roland McKean ( [2] 1960 ...

  3. Goldwater–Nichols Act - Wikipedia

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    Sen. Barry Goldwater (R—AZ) and Rep. William Flynt Nichols (D—AL-4), the co-sponsors of the Goldwater–Nichols Act of 1986. The Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of October 4, 1986 (Pub. L. 99–433; signed by President Ronald Reagan) made the most sweeping changes to the United States Department of Defense since the department was established in the National ...

  4. Military recruitment - Wikipedia

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    While uniformed military recruiters screen and process recruits into the military, advertising agencies design and implement military recruitment strategy, campaigns, and advertisements: As of fiscal year 2020, Young & Rubicam was in charge of this for the Navy, [84] Wunderman Thompson for the Marine Corps, [85] DBB Chicago for the Army, [86 ...

  5. United States federal civil service - Wikipedia

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    Allows DOD to hire science and technology personnel at Research Labs with modification or waiver of some Title 5 provisions. Schedule A: Temporary, less-than-full time positions, critical need Excepted 1,688 Allows managers to meet a short-term critical hiring need to fulfill the mission of an agency for up to 30-days with one 30-day extension.

  6. Insider-outsider theory of employment - Wikipedia

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    A behavior of the insider-outsider model is illustrated at right, where Nd represents the optimal level of employment of labor firms and Ns represents the quantity of labor time workers desire to supply at a given wage rate. Insiders leverage their position of power to negotiate a wage that is much higher than the market-clearing wage rate.

  7. Glossary of military modeling and simulation - Wikipedia

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    The original DoD Modeling and Simulation glossary: DoD 5000.59 was created in 1998, in hopes to promote a uniform set of terms across the Department of Defense. The glossary consisted of three sections: sources, acronyms and terms. The first section was a set of sources from where the information for the glossary was accessed from.

  8. Elon Musk is hiring for his DOGE taskforce—but you ... - AOL

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    Only the smartest Americans most ideologically dedicated to the cause of shrinking government should consider polishing up their resumés, DOGE says.

  9. 2017 United States federal hiring freeze - Wikipedia

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    The order instituted a 90-day hiring freeze for United States federal employees, after which it was to be replaced by a long-term workforce reduction plan to be developed by the Office of Personnel Management. [2] The order bans hiring contractors to fill positions that would otherwise be filled by employees. [3]