by ADC | Apr 4, 2021 | Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The Army wants to help every municipality prepare to respond to a possible cyberattack, “regardless of their city budget,” Lt. Col. Erica Mitchell of the Army Cyber Institute told C4ISRNET last week. Mitchell was demonstrating a new tool to understand how cyberattacks...
by ADC | Mar 31, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
President Joe Biden laid out his long-anticipated infrastructure plan Wednesday. Here are some of the key spending provisions that could impact defense communities, based on information in a White House fact sheet: $621 billion investment in more resilient...
by ADC | Mar 31, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Energy, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that his massive new infrastructure plan is a “once-in-a-generation investment in America,” the largest initiative of its kind since construction of the interstate highway system and development of the space program. He said it will...
by ADC | Mar 30, 2021 | GADC, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, News from ADC, On Base
ADC announced the newest class of communities in its Great American Defense Communities program Tuesday. The 2021 class includes Altus, Okla., Coastal Georgia, Everett, Wash., Great Falls, Mont., and the NAS Pensacola and NAS Whiting Field Community. “These five...
by ADC | Feb 23, 2021 | Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The Department of Defense’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) recently announced the launch of the DOD Aerospace Education Research and Innovation Center (AERIC) at Tuskegee University in Alabama. The $2...
by ADC | Oct 21, 2020 | Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
A partnership between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the University of Georgia will establish a collaborative network of public-private partners to deliver nature-based solutions and natural infrastructure to strengthen community resilience, reports...
by ADC | Oct 21, 2020 | Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
A recently signed intergovernmental support agreement (IGSA) between Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) and the County of Ventura is expected to save government spending, increase Navy operational efficiencies and enhance mission effectiveness, DVIDs reports. The IGSA...
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by ADC | Oct 8, 2020 | Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Army, Fort Huachuca and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to release public records relating to the base’s coverup of a 2010 report showing groundwater pumping was harming the San Pedro River…...
by ADC | Oct 4, 2020 | Congress/DoD, Energy, General, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Directorate of Public Works at Fort Detrick gave the go-ahead to begin a project replacing a current two pipe chiller and boiler system with Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners in all five barracks, totaling 240 room. The project began in August… A new aquatics...
