Caring Federal Leaders

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This paper presents the problem that organized bereavement acknowledgement, like that automatically given United States military personnel and their families upon the death of a loved one, is currently not offered, in any equivalent way, to federal employees outside the military, including those federal workers who, like military personnel, regularly place their lives in danger in service to the United States. The paper contends that the most tragic time in any person's life comes with the loss of a loved one, and therefore, federal agencies and their leaders should create the bereavement policies and accommodations that are currently lacking for non-military federal personnel. The paper explains that such future policies would offer comfort and support to bereaved personnel and their families in their time of greatest loss and sadness by adopting specific bereavement policies and procedures equivalent to those of the military and, in their own way, appropriate to the particular government agency or entity.

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"The military alone has a host of regulations regarding its funeral procedures. When military personnel pass, there are both federal laws and formal procedures in place to acknowledge their loss and their contributions (38 U.S.C. 112). Two military officers are sent to the funeral; taps is played, often a 21-gun salute is given; a flag is given to the closest survivor; and even a certificate, signed by the President, is given to the family. Conversely, however, the federal government as a whole currently has no laws or policies whatsoever in place to acknowledge a similar passing of a federal employee. The federal government does authorize use of sick leave to attend a family member's funeral, and procedures are delineated for funerals of law enforcement officers, relatives in the armed services, and veterans, although not for any other federal employees."

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