Return to Article: Defense weighs strategy for releasing base closure list
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I've been through several closures and realignments; first in the Military, then as a defense contractor and now in Civil Service. Although base closure can be painful - I've had to move to locations I didn't want to go and take jobs that weren't what I wanted (with lower pay); I've managed to survive. This BRAC is really necessary for the transformation of the Military. I hope that this process isn't politicized and a real transformation can take place. America will be the beneficiary of an efficient and cost effective industrial base and fighting force for the 21st century.
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Oh, how sensitive. As a survivor of a previous BRAC, I would like to point out that a lot of resources were spent building NEW facilities for the employees that were relocated. Then a lot of money was spent moving employees to places they really didn't want to live. Those resources could have gone to gradually reduce the workforce by retraining existing employees to fill the technical jobs that the government still has a problem filling. They could have also been trained to get better jobs outside of the government.
There was also a lot of time to gradually clear out the dead weight since past BRACs. So, where are we now? Do we still have managers who can't manage, labs that are mostly tourist attractions for dignitaries and agencies that haven't had a useful purpose for years or who get larger even though their per capita productivity grows smaller.
Put the blame for the BRAC where it belongs. You are losing your jobs because of years of bad management by federal executives and military leaders. You are being put through a lot of distress because your Congressional representatives were too busy playing politics to worry about your future. Expect to see more BRACs, although they may change the name to make the public think it's something else. That's politics.
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What could be worse than hearing news that where you work providing vital services to America's men and women in uniform is going to be closed? Having to go thru the process in a yet unannouced new personnel system (NSPS), with new RIF and reassignment regulations. PRICELESS.
So while hundreds of thousand DOD employees worry about BRAC, NSPS and contracting out, the Pentagon worries about someone getting the news a little early, or on a day notorious for bad luck. HOW MUCH DID THE TAXPAYER PAY FOR THE MEDIA CONSULTANTS TO FIGURE BAD NEWS IS BAD NEWS, NO MATTER WHAT DAY IT IS.
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