Author Archive
Management
Bye-Bye, Captain
Lately, the Navy is more likely to dismiss officers for misbehavior than poor job performance.
Defense
Oldest shipyard may be drydocked in latest base-closing round
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard would lose largest number of civilian jobs.
Defense
Base realignment plan would cut 18,000 civilian jobs
Nearly 67,000 civilian jobs are slated to move to new locations.
Defense
Rumsfeld: Pentagon won’t ax more than 10 percent of bases
Base-closing recommendations due Friday will reflect review of overseas troop levels and decision to move operations from leased space to government-owned facilities.
Defense
Base closing recommendations expected Friday
Communities around 425 military installations await news of their fate.
News
Panel urges overseas base realignment slowdown
Overseas Basing Commission raises national security concerns a week before announcement of U.S. base closings.
Defense
Pentagon’s base closure list will be hard to challenge
Legal changes make it harder for independent commission to add bases to the hit list.
Defense
Study: Northeast, Midwest hit hard by previous base closings
Report by organization studying issues affecting the two regions argues they should be spared deep BRAC cuts this time.
Defense
Defense weighs strategy for releasing base closure list
Pentagon officials will provide Congress with list of closures and realignments only an hour before announcement.
Defense
Base closing announcement may come early
Pentagon worries about leaks and Friday the 13th; Bush says closed bases could be used for oil refineries.
Defense
Pentagon faulted for shortage of critical war supplies
GAO says poor planning, lagging funding, ineffective distribution lead to delays.
Defense
California may fare better in 2005 base closings, report says
Research group advises Golden State officials how to defend against BRAC threats.
Defense
Army to overhaul future weapons system contract
New language will transform non-traditional Future Combat Systems contract into a standard federal procurement.
