Noon eastern. Oklahoma senator James Langford chairs this twohour hearing. Good morning and welcome. Sub Committee Hearing entitling the work force and the Sub Committee will work to find solutions to the recognized challenges from effectively serving the american people. Federal agencies employ some of the best and brightest individuals this country has to offer. Every day federal Civil Servants help protect our communities and keep our airports running safely and smoothly and military running extremely effectively. We are grateful and interested in their ideas and concerns. The important work of our federal employees is often obje obstructed by a culture. A culture does not differentiate between those who excel. They often complain harm workplace moral and raise concerns that compensation is not related to ones job performance. The office of federal Employee Viewpoint survey found 22 of employees agreed with this statement. Pay raises depend on how well employees perform their jobs.
Federal agencies employ some of the best and brightest individuals this country has to offer. Every day federal Civil Servants provide essentially care for veterans, keep airports running safely and smoothly. We are grateful for their diligence and are interested in their ideas and concerns. The important work of our federal employees is obstructed by a culture that rewards attendance over initiative, one that does not differentiate between poor performers and those who excel. In fact, it is the high performing often complain that under performing count parts harm work place moral and raise concerns that compensation is not appropriately related to performance. For instance, the office of Personnel Management 2016 federal Employee Viewpoint survey found that a mere 22 of employees agreed with this statement. Pay raises depend on how well employees perform their jobs. While the government fails to appropriately compensate employees based on performance managers and Agency Executive face
Friends. I admire them for what they stand for. They are enjoyable to be with. They believe in our country. They believe in our country. Al gore captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac i want to thank als children, his brotherinlaw and wonderful parents. I think we carried every state that senator and mrs. Gore campaigned in. Their percentage was the best of all. I want to say that we have established a partnership in this campaign that we will continue into this new administration. For if weve learned anything in the world today, its that we can accomplish more by teamwork, working together, bringing out the best in all the people that we see, and we will seek the best and most able and most commitmented people throughout this country to be a part of our team. Well ask the democrats who believe in our cause to come forward, but well look to, among the ranks of independents and republicans who are willing to roll up their sleeves, be a part
Friends. I admire them for what they stand for. They are enjoyable to be with. They believe in our country. They believe in our country. Al gore captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac i want to thank als children, his brotherinlaw and wonderful parents. I think we carried every state that senator and mrs. Gore campaigned in. Their percentage was the best of all. I want to say that we have established a partnership in this campaign that we will continue into this new administration. For if weve learned anything in the world today, its that we can accomplish more by teamwork, working together, bringing out the best in all the people that we see, and we will seek the best and most able and most commitmented people throughout this country to be a part of our team. Well ask the democrats who believe in our cause to come forward, but well look to, among the ranks of independents and republicans who are willing to roll up their sleeves, be a part
Charges of adultery, prostitution and providing classified intelligence to taiwan and possibly also, china. But this scandal is only the tip of the iceberg. Because in 2016, the navy remains roiled by the socalled fat leonard scandal in which a number of enior officers have been charged for accepting kickbacks from a private maritime supply contractor. And note this oddity. A possible target of investigators, current director of naval intelligence, Vice Admiral Ted Branch has had his security clearance suspended since late 2013. Question is the navy in crisis, pat buchanan . Pat i would say no, john, but it is under great stress and the reason that we had about a 600ship navy under Ronald Reagan. Its about half that size and after the old cold war, we have the baltic sea and the black sea and the South China Sea and all these places to police by the u. S. Navy and the challenges to it from both china and russia are growing dramatically and secondly, even ith countries like iran, any an