Exemptions to DRP should be rare, but DoD component heads can exempt mission critical positions prior to offering the DRP and VERA.

That effective use of the formal letter of resignation as an older ... under duress were written by former members of the military, who had transitioned to government administration to continue ...

In an effort to further shrink the size of its civilian workforce, the Defense Department is reopening the Deferred Resignation Program and offering early retirements or voluntary separations to its ...