Oct. 17, 2013 AF civilians to be retroactively paid, urged not to access pay system Civilian Air Force employees, who were furloughed during the government shutdown, have been authorized to return to work Oct. 17.Civilians, including those who returned to work earlier this month, will be retroactively paid but are urged not to access the pay system, as mass amounts of website
Oct. 17, 2013 Air Force returns to normal, tuition assistance back on As a result of the passed continuing resolution legislation, the Air Force is in the process of returning operations to normal pre-shutdown status, to include the reinstatement of military tuition assistance. The continuing resolution will fund the Air Force under the fiscal year 2013 sequester
Oct. 17, 2013 Congress passes bill reopening federal government President Barack Obama signed legislation late yesterday night bringing federal employees back to work after Congress finally resolved the budget logjam which led to a 16-day shutdown.Senate leaders championed bipartisan legislation to reopen the government and remove the threat of government
Oct. 15, 2013 Team Seymour civilian Airman earns recognition for volunteer-work One member of Team Seymour has served the base community since 1992, and was recently recognized for his efforts.Allan Pedersen, United Service Organizations (USO) of North Carolina director at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, was recently named the 2013 Continental United States Region Volunteer of
Oct. 11, 2013 Annual charity donation drive suspended indefinitely The annual Combined Federal Campaign, responsible for raising $258.3 million for charities in 2012, has been suspended across the DOD due to the partial government shutdown.Susan Yarwood, the director of the DOD's CFC campaign said in a memorandum that a legal review of the charity drive found it to
Oct. 11, 2013 Public engagement once again affected Air Force community and public outreach was significantly impacted earlier this year as sequestration went into effect, and is now all but non-existent due to the partial government shutdown, with more than 800 events being canceled or withdrawn this year. As a result of sequestration and the