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30.8%
The percentage of federal government workers in the Executive Branch who are Veterans, according to a report released in July by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management -- Employment of Veterans in the Federal Executive Branch Fiscal Year 2014 (PDF).
Welcome to this week’s edition of CDP News! We like to use this space to review recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, while also looking ahead to upcoming events. It was a shorter week due to the Labor Day holiday, but we still managed to squeeze in several events this week.
The CDP's weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Combat & Operational Stress Research Quarterly (Summer 2015)
● Prospective Longitudinal Evaluation of the Effect of Deployment-Acquired Traumatic Brain Injury on Posttraumatic Stress and Related Disorders: Results From the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS).
If you’ve participated in any of the Center for Deployment Psychology’s training courses and expanded your range of professional expertise, you may want to think about adding this accomplishment to your profile on LinkedIn. It’s really quite easy to do.