Defense Information Systems Agency reviews

The "Pathways Program" which Obama created to get young people involved in working for the Government has become the rule rather than the exception. I am a military veteran and I got passed over for promotion a number of times in favor of college students they recruited prior to graduating. I worked at Scott AFB. It is definitely a woman's world there. If you are a male veteran, don't even bother cause like me, you will get frustrated with lack of career opportunity and you will leave.

You must leave your motivation off the grounds of Ft. Meade. The place is run by a select few, and 90% of the positions are filled with people not qualified for their assigned role. I say assigned, because you will not get the job you were offered (for example, the titles are broad, like IT Specialist - and though you are an IDS ninja, they put you in Identity Management instead). Inter-organization transfers and promotions are decided by tenure and who you know, which results in poorly executed programs. Face time is key. It's not what you do, it's what time you punch in. There is very little integrity among the folks - even your cube neighbors take notes of your activities if you have a window-view and they want it. This makes for favoritism so sometimes stuff gets made up.