The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is a great place
to work. The agency is a leader within the federal government
in implementing "people programs" and providing myriad
opportunities for personal and professional development. DISA
offers a broad range of quality-of-life and training programs,
and employee participation in these programs is supported by the
agency's director, other senior leaders, and supervisors.
Quality-of-life programs include compressed work schedules, a
physical fitness and "wellness" program, teleworking,
recognition and awards programs, and an employee assistance program
that provides free counseling on a short-term basis.
DISA offers a full range of training and leadership development
opportunities, including:
- The Human Resources Competency Assessment and Survey System,
which assists in identifying specific individual training needs.
- More than 1,500 computer-based training courses, many of
which can be accessed 24 hours per day, seven days a week.
- Assignment rotation opportunities to expand individual experiences.
- A robust mentoring program.
- Agency-paid professional certifications and licensing, which
may include payment of membership fees, fees for preparation
for examinations, examinations, registration fees, and travel
and per diem costs.
- Five in-house leadership courses.
- Executive Leadership Development Program.
- Competitive development and education programs that provide
opportunities to complete undergraduate and graduate degree
programs or special university training programs.
- Executive Speakers Forum.
- Technical Speakers Forum.
- Several in-house programs, such as the "This Is the
Transforming DISA" course, time-management course, human
resources management course for supervisors.
Programs such as these enable DISA to maintain a highly trained
and skilled workforce of approximately 8,200 persons, of which
6,200 are civilians.
The DISA corporate strategy includes acquiring, developing, and
keeping talent - a highly motivated team of skilled professionals
with the agility, innovation, and the ability to consistently
exceed our customers' expectations. Two of the nine transformational
tenets that describe and drive the agency deal directly with employee
well-being and workforce planning and with employee empowerment.
- DISA creates and fosters an environment to attract, develop,
motivate, and retain people having the skills necessary to perform
current and future DISA missions.
- DISA empowers employees with knowledge by fostering an information-sharing
culture. We work collaboratively to ensure that intellectual
assets, information, and data are captured, organized, shared,
and reused throughout the agency to more successfully meet our
organizational goals and customer requirements.
First-rate people make first-rate things happen!
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