About 400 civilians at Redstone will convert to the Defense Department's new personnel system for intelligence workers.
The Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System was explained in a town hall meeting March 17 at Bob Jones Auditorium. An estimated 150 people attended.
"DCIPS is a human resource tool authorized under Title 10 giving the Secretary of Defense the authority to hire, develop and retain a diverse, versatile and highly-qualified work force to perform both the defense and national intelligence missions," said Yolanda Watson, chief of the Intelligence Personnel Management Office, headquarters Department of Army, DCS G-2.
"DCIPS delivers a common, competitive, pay-for-performance personnel system for all DoD intelligence components," Watson said.
July 19 is the conversion date to this system which uses pay banding.
"It is a system that provides compensation to employees based on performance," Watson said. "It's focused on enhancing organizational results."
Across the Army, the DCIPS community includes about 5,500 workers.
Keith Ryan, director of Intelligence and Security (G-2) for the Aviation and Missile Command, said approximately 400 at Redstone are affected. Their agencies include the Army Materiel Command, AMCOM, Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center, the Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space, PEO for Aviation, Threat Systems Management Office, Corps of Engineers, Defense Security Office, Missile Defense Agency and the Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command. The Missile and Space Intelligence Center is already under the new system, Ryan said.
Col. Dennis Young, SMDC/ARSTRAT director of Intelligence and Security, also attended the town hall meeting.
"I think it'll be a good system," SMDC/ARSTRAT security specialist Teresa Brown said. "I think it all hinges on the integrity of managers to be able to communicate openly with their employees. And I think it's also important for the employees to have the communication with their managers. But it really hinges on communication. I do believe communication's the key."
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