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House Study Committee discusses future of Georgia’s military bases

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Latest News September 1, 2016
Georgia House committee focused on potential BRAC threat meets in Albany By Jennifer Parks, jennifer.parks@albanyherald.com ALBANY — The House M...
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Quality of public schools can be a BRAC factor

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Community, Newsletter September 1, 2016
By Jim Cowen, Special to Stars and Stripes, Published: August 29, 2016 While Congress balks at the Department of Defense’s request for a new round ...
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Act fast and don’t assume Fort Benning is safe, BRAC expert tells Georgia lawmakers

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter September 1, 2016
tadams@ledger-enquirer.com Those with the job of protecting Fort Benning from future budget cuts need not procrastinate. And the Columbus area shou...
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‘BRAC Could Happen Anywhere,’ Principi Tells Columbus Leaders

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC September 1, 2016 0 comment
Elected officials shouldn’t take anything for granted when it comes to preparing for the next round of base closures, Anthony Principi, chairman of th...
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Mayor’s Budget Omits Funding for Ellsworth AFB Support Group

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC September 1, 2016 0 comment
The local group supporting Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., would lose most of its funding under the 2017 budget proposed by Rapid City Mayor Steve All...
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Communities Take Notice of Military’s Focus on School Quality

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC August 30, 2016 0 comment
With the looming possibility of base closures or another form of downsizing, defense communities are paying more attention to the quality of their pub...
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Georgia House Committee Begins Statewide Review of Base Support Efforts

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Community, Newsletter, Robins AFB August 12, 2016 0 comment
A 15-member study committee formed by the Georgia House to help the state’s defense communities prepare for a future BRAC round met Wednesday in Warne...
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ADC’s Fall Conference to Address Redevelopment Issues at Active, Closed Bases

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Community, Newsletter August 12, 2016 0 comment
ADC will hold its first Installation Reuse Forum in October to discuss redevelopment issues affecting both active and closed installations. Much of...
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SBA Rule Incorporates Statutory Changes Easing HUBZone Eligibility Requirements at BRAC Sites

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC August 11, 2016 0 comment
The Small Business Administration (SBA) last week issued a final rule implementing changes to the HUBZone program enacted in the fiscal 2016 defense a...
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Navy Would Have a Role to Play in Next BRAC Round, Mabus Says

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC August 10, 2016 0 comment
Since the Obama administration first proposed holding new rounds of base closure four years ago, Navy leaders have consistently supported the proposal...
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‘Could Scott Air Force Base Just Fly Away?’

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC August 9, 2016 0 comment
An editorial in the Belleville News-Democrat laments the stark possibility that Scott Air Force Base, Ill., could be shuttered in a future BRAC round....
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County Bolsters Support for Readiness Center at Youngstown ARS

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC August 9, 2016 0 comment
Trumbull County last week approved shifting a small piece of the county’s lodging tax to the Western Reserve Port Authority in an effort to supp...
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Pueblo Chemical Depot LRA Issues RFPs for Range of Services Needed to Advance Reuse Effort

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC August 8, 2016 0 comment
PuebloPlex, the local redevelopment authority for the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colo., is soliciting proposals for a range of services needed to carry ou...
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Boozman Praises Pine Bluff Arsenal, New Support Group

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC August 4, 2016 0 comment
Arkansas Sen. John Boozman (R) expressed his support for the new initiative by Pine Bluff Arsenal’s host community to promote the installation d...
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New 21st Century Partnership Executive Director sets priorities

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter, Robins AFB August 2, 2016
The new Executive Director of the 21st Century Partnership says Robins Air Force Base is in a good place. However, Daniel Penny says the Partnership h...
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New Leader of Robins AFB Support Group Cites BRAC as Top Priority

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Robins AFB July 29, 2016 0 comment
The incoming executive director of the 21st Century Partnership says his most important task will be preparing Robins Air Force Base for the next roun...
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Presidio of Monterey Shines Bright in Pursuit of Energy Conservation

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC July 29, 2016 0 comment
The Presidio of Monterey may be the nation’s greenest military installation. It has captured the Secretary of the Army’s Energy Award for ...
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Navy Yard Sets Course to Become Philadelphia’s Second Commercial Hub

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC July 28, 2016 0 comment
With the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this week, a number of experts in military base redevelopment have recommended lawmakers atten...
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State Grant Critical to Goodfellow AFB’s Long-Term Plans

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC July 28, 2016 0 comment
Leaders in San Angelo, Texas, and Goodfellow Air Force Base are confident a $2.0 million grant the Texas Military Preparedness Commission awarded Tom ...
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Head of Sheppard AFB Support Group Aims to Strengthen Base

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC July 27, 2016 0 comment
Jon Larvick, the new president of the Sheppard Military Affairs Committee, plans to leverage the close relationship between the Air Force base in nort...
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Kaine Supports Base Closures, but not BRAC

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter July 25, 2016 0 comment
Like many of his fellow lawmakers, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) has opposed the Obama administration’s repeated requests to hold one or more rounds of base ...
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Tenants Fill First Campus at TexAmericas Center

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC July 20, 2016 0 comment
TexAmericas Center, the reuse authority responsible for redeveloping the former Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant in northeastern Texas and surplus prop...
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Massachusetts Focuses on Improving Bases’ Efficiency

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter July 20, 2016 0 comment
Massachusetts officials lately have been looking at ways to trim the operating costs of the state’s six military installations. “If we can do some ...
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Community Forms Advisory Committee to Enhance Support for Pine Bluff Arsenal

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC July 19, 2016 0 comment
White Hall, the host community for Pine Bluff Arsenal, on Monday formed an advisory committee to bolster support for the central Arkansas facility by ...
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Carter Highlights Policy Bill Provisions Likely to Prompt Presidential Veto

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC July 15, 2016 0 comment
Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday reiterated the administration’s veto threat over provisions in the House and Senate versions of the fis...
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New White House Could Advance BRAC, Analyst Says

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC July 12, 2016 0 comment
While the Obama administration’s fifth consecutive request to approve one or more BRAC rounds was soundly rejected in the defense authorization ...
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Wind Farms Don’t Jeopardize Flight Training, Former Navy Instructor Pilot Says

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC July 12, 2016 0 comment
Officials and other stakeholders in Corpus Christi concerned about the impact of a planned wind farm south of the city on training activities at Naval...
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BRAC Reform Bill Is ‘Different,’ Smith Says

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter July 6, 2016 0 comment
While the legislation he introduced last month to authorize a round of base closures includes a number of reforms to the process, Rep. Adam Smith (D-W...
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ADC Honors Defense Community Award Winners

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC July 5, 2016 0 comment
ADC celebrated the defense communities, installations and their leaders who were recipients of the 2016 Defense Community Awards during last month&rsq...
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State BRAC group concerned about future defense budget cuts

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter June 30, 2016
By Sylvia Carignan scarignan@newspost.com A state advisory group is planning to meet soon with Fort Detrick officials to talk budget cuts that coul...
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Contaminated Groundwater to Postpone Property Transfer by Two Years at Willow Grove

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC June 30, 2016 0 comment
Transfer of the former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove to the Horsham LRA will be pushed back to 2018 due to the presence of perfluo...
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Texas Comptroller Touts Impact of State’s Military Installations

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC June 29, 2016 0 comment
Texas’ 15 military installations contribute $136.4 billion in total output and $81.3 billion to the gross domestic product, Comptroller Glenn He...
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More states supporting military base infrastructure as cuts loom

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter June 28, 2016
By Julia Bergman  j.bergman@theday.com More states are supporting the military installations within their borders as the Pentagon targets reducing ...
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Air Force to Grade Installations on Military Value

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter June 28, 2016 0 comment
With the timing of a new BRAC round uncertain, the Air Force has decided to conduct its own evaluations of its installations that possibly could be us...
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Base Closures Needed to Generate True Savings, Army Officials Say

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC June 27, 2016 0 comment
Senior Army officials on Thursday made the case that shedding some of the service’s inventory of unneeded facilities by closing installations and cons...
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Senate Unlikely to Pass Milcon Spending Package

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC June 24, 2016 0 comment
The conference report for the fiscal 2017 military construction-veterans affairs spending bill likely will not garner enough votes to clear the Senate...
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House Democrats’ Bill Would Reform BRAC Process, Authorize New Round in 2019

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter June 22, 2016 0 comment
The next round of base closures would be held in 2019 and incorporate a series of reforms aimed at increasing congressional oversight and emphasizing ...
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New Jersey Lawmakers Pass Bill to Minimize Encroachment

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC June 20, 2016 0 comment
The New Jersey General Assembly on Thursday approved a measure requiring a state official to intervene when potential land use conflicts between milit...
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BRAC Vote in House Gains Moderate Support

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC June 17, 2016 0 comment
House lawmakers on Thursday easily defeated an amendment that would have stripped out a prohibition in the fiscal 2017 defense spending bill on propos...
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Senate Easily Approves Defense Bill

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Community, Robins AFB June 15, 2016 0 comment
The Senate easily passed the fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill 85-13 on Tuesday after another skirmish on the floor blocked most amendments from ...
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Region must plan for loss of soldiers

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter June 14, 2016
BY LARRY GIERER, Columbus Ledger Enquirer Representatives from the Matrix Design Group said Monday that there is much work to be done in the region...
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In Wake of BRAC, Crystal City Has Transformed into an Innovation District

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC June 13, 2016 0 comment
The Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID), created in the wake of the 2005 BRAC round, is marking its 10-year anniversary amid a transforma...
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Book Explores Base Redevelopment around the World

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter June 9, 2016 0 comment
A new book of case studies of base redevelopment chronicles the intricate and lengthy challenges community leaders and other government officials, pla...
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White House Aims Ire at Organizational Reforms in Senate Policy Bill

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC June 8, 2016 0 comment
The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto the Senate version of the fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill over dozens of provisions, but focused ...
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Tobyhanna Is Postured to Survive Possible BRAC Round, Senior Official Says

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter June 8, 2016 0 comment
Despite Tobyhanna Army Depot’s positive track record and modern facilities, supporters of the northeast Pennsylvania facility and the region’s leaders...
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DOD Needs a BRAC Focused on Slashing Costs, Berteau Says

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter June 6, 2016 0 comment
A new round of base closures is urgently needed for the Pentagon to handle its growing responsibilities in the face of tight fiscal constraints, David...
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Too Many Bases, Not Enough Air Force

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter June 4, 2016
Air Force Magazine, JUNE 2016 BY ADAM J. HEBERT, EDITOR IN CHIEF USAF is spread among nearly a third more bases than it needs. ...
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OEA Survives Lawmaker’s Attempt to Restrict Assistance Programs

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC June 2, 2016 0 comment
An effort by Oklahoma Rep. Steve Russell (R) to limit the availability of a variety of community assistance programs offered by DOD’s Office of ...
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Support Group for Pennsylvania Installation Gears up for BRAC

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC May 25, 2016 0 comment
The community support group for Fort Indiantown Gap, a state-owned training site for National Guard and Army Reserve units in Pennsylvania, is distrib...
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Senate Clears FY’17 Milcon Spending Bill

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC May 23, 2016 0 comment
The Senate on Thursday passed a two-bill appropriations package that includes $7.9 billion for military construction and family housing programs in fi...
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House Adds BRAC Ban to FY‘17 Milcon Spending Bill

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC May 20, 2016 0 comment
House lawmakers on Wednesday approved language barring DOD from spending funds to propose, plan for or carry out a new round of base closures during t...
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Carter Concerned About NDAA Proposals

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Legislation, Newsletter May 19, 2016
Jennifer Hlad, Air Force Magazine Defense Secretary Ash Carter has "concerns" about some of Congress' current defense reform proposals, including a...
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Sub Base Supporters Learned Lessons in Last BRAC

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC May 19, 2016 0 comment
Naval Submarine Base New London averted closure in the 2005 round of base closures, but leaders from eastern Connecticut realize the installation like...
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White House Veto Threat Cites Use of OCO Funds, Failure to Approve BRAC

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC May 17, 2016 0 comment
The White House on Monday threatened to veto the House version of the fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill over its reliance on $18 billion in overs...
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Report Recommends Actions to Strengthen New Jersey’s Installations

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC May 17, 2016 0 comment
Two steps that could better position Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in a future BRAC round include conducting a study of the installation’s ai...
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Army to Cover $39M Cleanup Cost at Former Riverbank Ammo Plant

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC May 17, 2016 0 comment
The city of Riverbank will receive a $39.5 million environmental services grant from the Army to remediate contaminated buildings and soil at the form...
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Senate Panel Blocks Administration’s BRAC Request

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC May 12, 2016 0 comment
The Senate Armed Services’ Readiness and Management Subcommittee moved to block the Pentagon’s request to hold a new round of base closure...
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Maryland Creates Advisory Group to Preserve Military’s Role

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC May 12, 2016 0 comment
In an attempt to prepare for further cutbacks in defense spending and the likelihood of a new round of base closures, the Maryland Military Installati...
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ADC Congratulates 2016 Defense Community Award Winners

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC May 4, 2016 0 comment
ADC is proud to announce the 2016 recipients of its Defense Community Awards. Winners will be recognized during the 2016 Defense Communities National ...
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Georgia House Forms BRAC Committee

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter May 3, 2016 0 comment
The Georgia House last week formed a 15-member study committee to identify ways to safeguard the state’s military installations in the event a new rou...
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Smith Makes Case for Rightsizing Defense Infrastructure

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 28, 2016 0 comment
Language prohibiting the Defense Department from launching a new round of base closures appears to have survived the House Armed Services Committee&rs...
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Smith to Introduce Base Closure Plan

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 27, 2016 0 comment
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) has crafted a plan to allow the Defense Department to shed excess infrastructure that would follow the underlying BRAC proce...
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Wittman Says He Remains Open to DOD’s BRAC Request

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 26, 2016 0 comment
Despite inserting an ironclad ban on the Pentagon launching a BRAC round in 2019 in his panel’s portion of the fiscal 2017 defense authorization...
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In the Face of Opposition, Smith Vows to Advance Pentagon’s BRAC Request

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter April 22, 2016 0 comment
DOD’s new analysis of excess capacity failed to persuade one of its key targets, House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), that it badly...
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Readiness Subcommittee Retains Ban on BRAC

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 20, 2016 0 comment
The House Armed Services’ Readiness Subcommittee dismisses the Obama administration’s latest request to hold a BRAC round in 2019, accordi...
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Armbrust to Step Down as Director of Kansas Military Council

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 19, 2016 0 comment
After serving as the executive director of the Kansas Governor’s Military Council for the past 12 years, John Armbrust will step down at the end...
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Thornberry Rejects Pentagon’s Latest Case for BRAC

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 18, 2016 0 comment
The Defense Department’s new analysis of its excess capacity may provide ammunition for top officials to press the case for the Obama administra...
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DOD Analysis Reveals Significant Excess Capacity in Army, Air Force Facilities

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 15, 2016 0 comment
About one-third of Army and Air Force infrastructure is excess to those services’ needs, according to a broad capacity analysis released by the ...
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Senate Advances FY’17 Milcon Spending Bill to Floor

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 15, 2016 0 comment
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved spending $7.9 billion on military construction and family housing programs in fiscal 2017, cl...
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House Appropriators Want to Accelerate Cleanup at BRAC Sites

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 14, 2016 0 comment
House Appropriators added $25 million to the administration’s fiscal 2017 budget request for the cleanup of installations closed during past bas...
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BRAC off the Table, Ayotte Declares

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 13, 2016 0 comment
At the outset of her panel’s budget hearing Tuesday, Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), chair of the Senate Armed Services’ Readiness and Management S...
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New York Lawmakers Add $3M to State Budget to Preserve Installations

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 13, 2016 0 comment
New York’s 2016-2017 budget will include $3 million to strengthen military facilities in the state in the face of a possible BRAC round or futur...
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Army Rethinking Model for Delivering Installation Support Services

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 12, 2016 0 comment
The Army has launched a formal effort to consider a new model for providing installation support services with the aim of turning over some functions ...
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Congress to Hold off New Base Closures for Now, Colorado Lawmaker Says

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 12, 2016 0 comment
The leadership of the House Armed Services Committee remains opposed to DOD’s request for a new BRAC round, said Colorado Rep. Doug Lamborn (R),...
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Michigan Looks to Economic Study to Help Grow Defense Presence

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 12, 2016 0 comment
A study sponsored by the Michigan Defense Center is expected to shape state efforts to preserve its Army and Air National Guard facilities following a...
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Another Push for BRAC

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter April 11, 2016
Will Skowronski The Air Force "needs" another round of base realignment and closure, Miranda Ballentine, the assistant secretary of the Air Force...
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Amid Budget Cuts, Installations Look for Creative Ways to Support Army Missions, Hammack Says

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 8, 2016 0 comment
The combination of growing mission requirements and sharp funding constraints has forced the Army to find ways to manage its installations more effici...
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New Army Analysis Reveals Higher Excess Capacity Figure

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 7, 2016 0 comment
The Army believes that up to 33 percent of its infrastructure could be excess to its needs by fiscal 2019 when its active-duty end strength drops to 4...
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State Funds to Support Construction at Goodfellow, Laughlin Air Bases

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 7, 2016 0 comment
Grants awarded last week by the Texas Military Preparedness Commission (TMPC) will be used to renovate the International Training Center at Goodfellow...
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Language Cluster Fuels Monterey’s Case for Retaining Defense Missions

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 6, 2016 0 comment
By the early 1990s, leaders in Monterey, Calif., started branding the region as the “Language Capital of the World,” to capitalize on the ...
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Maryland Allocating $93M to Expand Corridor outside Ft. Meade

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 6, 2016 0 comment
The state of Maryland will invest $93.2 million in construction projects designed to alleviate congestion on one of the primary corridors providing ac...
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Pennsylvania Lawmaker Questions DOD’s Request for Base Closures

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter April 5, 2016 0 comment
Pennsylvania Rep. Bill Shuster (R) has asked Defense Secretary Ash Carter to justify the Pentagon’s request to hold a BRAC round in 2019, demanding hi...
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Five Texas Communities Collect $15.5M to Strengthen Local Bases

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 4, 2016 0 comment
The state of Texas on Thursday awarded $15.5 million to five Texas communities for infrastructure projects and other initiatives intended to stave off...
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St. Louis Site Chosen over Scott AFB Location for Mapping Agency Headquarters

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 4, 2016 0 comment
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) last week opted to build its new $1.6 billion western headquarters in North St. Louis, bypassing a s...
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Deadline Extended for Defense Community Awards Nominations

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC April 1, 2016 0 comment
There still is time to recognize the accomplishments of defense communities and their installations. ADC has extended the nominations deadline for the...
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BRAC Cleanup Funding Stuck on Downward Trajectory

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter March 24, 2016 0 comment
Funding to clean up installations closed during the first five BRAC rounds is on course to continue a steady decline under the fiscal 2017 recommendat...
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Consolidation Offers Potential Solution for Replacing Aging Guard, Reserve Facilities

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC March 24, 2016 0 comment
Many of the nation’s National Guard and Reserve facilities are aging and need to be replaced, top DOD officials told lawmakers this week. Forty-...
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Initiative to Combat Encroachment at NAS Oceana Earns Award for Virginia Beach

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC March 24, 2016 0 comment
YesOceana, Virginia Beach’s innovative program to roll back encroachment threatening Naval Air Station Oceana, has been named a co-winner in its...
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Congress Fails to Appreciate How the BRAC Ban Is Hurting Communities, Analyst Says

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter March 18, 2016 0 comment
Over the past four years, lawmakers have come up with multiple reasons to reject the Pentagon’s request to hold one or more rounds of base closures, b...
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Members of New York’s Congressional Delegation Oppose BRAC

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC March 17, 2016 0 comment
Two New York lawmakers said they will oppose a new round of base closures, partially to protect installations such as Fort Drum. “I take the thr...
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DOD Activities Reoccupied Some Leased Space Vacated after Last BRAC Round, GAO Finds

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC March 16, 2016 0 comment
DOD organizations reoccupied about 1.1 million square feet of leased space in the Washington, D.C., region that had been vacated following the 2005 ro...
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Bill to Boost Job Growth at Former Army Post Advances in Alabama Senate

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC March 11, 2016 0 comment
Legislation providing companies that hire 50 or more new workers at the former Fort McClellan a break on their payroll taxes will go to the Alabama Se...
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DOD Looks to Replicate European Consolidation in the U.S.

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter March 9, 2016 0 comment
Installation officials testifying last year about the Pentagon’s request for a new BRAC round were eager to tell Congress about the European Infrastru...
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Sub Base’s Improved Standing Will Pay off in Future BRAC, Connecticut Official Says

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC March 9, 2016 0 comment
Several factors should make it less likely that Naval Submarine Base New London is targeted for closure in the next BRAC round, including an increased...
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Braves, Marlins to Play at Ft. Bragg on July 4 Weekend

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC March 9, 2016 0 comment
A celebration of the nation’s 240th birthday will come a day early to Fort Bragg this year, as the post hosts a game between the Atlanta Braves ...
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Georgia House to Seek Ways to Prevent Base Closings

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter March 8, 2016
Staff Report From Georgia CEO Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 The Georgia House of Representatives voted unanimously Wednesday to seek ways to prevent...
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Army Consolidation Effort Helps Reduce Cost of Carrying Excess Infrastructure

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC March 8, 2016 0 comment
While the Defense Department continues to push for a new BRAC round as the most effective way to deal with excess infrastructure, the Army has begun c...
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BRAC Represents Key Component of Pentagon’s Efficiency Drive, DOD Official Says

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC, Newsletter March 8, 2016 0 comment
A new BRAC round could save the Defense Department as much as 25 percent of the cost of some missions, Jamie Morin, director for the Pentagon’s office...
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Mississippi Governor Supports Security Project at Keesler AFB

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC March 8, 2016 0 comment
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) has asked the state Legislature to allocate $15 million from the state’s share of the BP oil spill economic set...
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Ballentine Offers Forceful Defense of Pentagon’s BRAC Request

Posted By 21st Century Partnership in BRAC March 7, 2016 0 comment
Defending the administration’s request for a BRAC round in 2019 at last week’s hearing of the House Military Construction Appropriations S...
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