[CPEO-IRF] Air Force lab relocation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Civilian jobs hang in BRAC balance
base closures: Keeping tech teams up and running a major issue

By Timothy R. Gaffney
Dayton Daily News (OH)
June 12, 2005

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE | When it comes to military base 
closings and realignments, commanders can order their troops to load up 
and move out.

It isn't so simple with civilians, especially the highly educated 
scientists and engineers in the Air Force Research Laboratory. Civilians 
facing relocation may choose to retire or change jobs rather than uproot 
their families for an uncertain future in another part of the country.

Keeping researchers focused on their work and preventing world-class 
technology teams from coming unglued is the challenge facing AFRL's 
senior managers in the long, hot summer of the 2005 Base Realignment and 
Closure program.

"It's a huge issue. It's the issue," William Borger, AFRL's plans and 
programs director, said last week.

It's a major issue at Wright-Patterson because 2,220 of AFRL's 5,320 job 
slots are assigned there. AFRL's headquarters and five of its 10 
research divisions - called directorates - are based on Wright-Patterson.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0612brac.html




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Lenny Siegel
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