Status of DEI at the academies

[Ivy22]

I agree. USNA took forever last year to offer appointments and to turn down candidates. I think they just tried to speed up the process this year.

Was last cycle the year where some people went from pending to denied to pending to denied to waitlist to etc.? Back and forth…

 

[NY1234]

(Changing the DODMERB process to be after 100% application completion from 50% likely had a major delay effect.)
My son was sent to DODMERB for USNA and USMMA way ahead of being 100% complete- USAFA was mostly complete.

 

[justdoit19]

two cycles ago was the DODMERB snafu

Last cycle was a new system

I believe every year, they do their best to make timely appointments. Sometimes the universe has different plans. But oddly enough, most years they still hit their target notification date of ‘by mid April’ (USNA). That’s what you should be looking at as far as ‘on time’ notification.

 

[AimHighMom]

Was last cycle the year where some people went from pending to denied to pending to denied to waitlist to etc.? Back and forth…

Yes! It was a wild ride.

 

[nuensis]

@nuensis The MyNavyHR CMEO website has been taken down too. https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Support-Services/Culture-Resilience/Equal-Opportunity/CMEO/

That doesn't mean much. https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Support-Services/Culture-Resilience/Equal-Opportunity/References/

Various instructions and directives on that page need to be updated and changes promulgated before execution. I would expect via ALNAV (Navy and USMC) or NAVADMIN (Navy only).

 

[nuensis]

NAVADMIN is out. DEI and telework are gone. There's a bunch of communications freezes while the entire force updates and re-aligns policy; until then, PAOs (and various "Navy influencers") will cool it about sending any kinds of statements out to social media.

The larger impact is going to be the significant reduction of civilian employees and contractors that quit over loss of telework, and the lack of military billets to fill those gaps.

 

[USMC Crayons]

NAVADMIN is out. DEI and telework are gone. There's a bunch of communications freezes while the entire force updates and re-aligns policy; until then, PAOs (and various "Navy influencers") will cool it about sending any kinds of statements out to social media.

The larger impact is going to be the significant reduction of civilian employees and contractors that quit over loss of telework, and the lack of military billets to fill those gaps.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out. It will remain to be seen how many follow through on threats of quitting. My $$ is most won't, and it's just the typical temper tantrum that you see from most adults these days. As a general rule, your compensation package and benefits as a GS-XX are way better than you would get in the civilian world. Telework is a joke anyway. I can tell you based upon the traffic you encounter in the middle of the day on a weekday in Hampton Roads, there is not much "telework" going on anyway. Let's also not forget the sheer magnitude of fraud going on where a civil service employee is collecting location pay for a higher cost area, and lives in a completely different MSA.

 

[nuensis]

There's been threads on here over the past few years about how travel vouchers haven't been paid, summer training hasn't been scheduled, background checks haven't been processed, admissions isn't answering emails, or tuition payments aren't disbursed on time.

Where do we think that work comes from?

Big Navy told us downsizing PSDs wouldn't impact anything, but here we are, everyone processing their own PCS and hoping they don't screw it up. Not saying we won't adjust, but it will suck for all of us that remain.