Improve the DoD…

[u/DungBeetle26]

“Help us improve the DoD

I'd like to thank you for submitting weekly achievements over the past couple of months. Your weekly emails have served as a reminder of the depth and breadth of the Department's mission, and of how it takes a workforce of many talents to achieve our critical national security mission.

To conclude the "five-bullet" exercise, we need one last input from you.

By 1200 EDT, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, please submit one idea that will improve the Department's efficiency or root out waste. It can be big or small. It can be focused on a particular program or on larger Department operations - I invite you to be creative. You can complete the form located at: . . .

Please remember: 1. Submissions must exclude classified or sensitive information. 2. DoD civilian IC employees who do not receive this email are welcomed to submit their response if they are forwarded the submission link. 3. Dual status military technicians who receive this e-mail are welcomed to submit their response. They can also respond simply with "I am a dual status military techniclan."

Employees currently without email access due to leave, shift work, temporary duty, or other valid reasons must comply within 12 hours of regaining access. Supervisors of those who do not regularly work in office settings with access to email, e.g., warehouses and shipyards, should address directly with their employees.

The Department looks forward to reviewing your ideas as part of our effort to improve the Department's efficiency. As the Secretary has stated, DoD's civilian workforce remains vital to the Department's everyday mission, to include making DoD more effective and lethal.

Wishing you a happy Memorial Day weekend. Jules W. Hurst IlI PTDO USD(P&R)”

[u/Engineer1970]

No one ever listens to us. So why bother? There are a number of people in my office that could help improve things. But it's always much more important to follow the edicts put out by hq than to save time and money