By Capt. Sarah Schwennesen
66 ABW Public Affairs

On Monday, the Electronic Systems Center Corporate Board, chaired by Electronic Systems Center vice commander Maj. Gen. Arthur Rooney, convened to review and approve some Workplace Initiatives that have been identified across the base. These Initiatives are projects that have been identified by units as essential to improving work centers at Hanscom.
 

The Workplace Initiative is one of five "W's" that Lt. Gen. Johnson has identified to allocate resources. The other "W's" are: Warfighter, Workforce, Workload and Worktools.

The 120 projects that were submitted in response to the initial tasker were divided into two groups, contract work and self-help work. They were then ranked against each other, in relation to their relevance toward improving the workplace. There were some projects that did not fit the intent of the workplace improvement tasker and these were placed on a third list that will be addressed separately.
 
Projects included work such as plaster patching walls, shampooing or replacing carpeting, cleaning or repainting wall surfaces, painting walls and replacing ceiling tiles and blinds on windows. Maj. Gen. Arthur Rooney allocated $217,000 toward some of the projects on both lists, reinforcing the idea that Hanscom personnel deserve to have a great place to work.

“The Workplace Initiative program seeks to address some of the quality of life issues that people live with on a day-to-day basis in their work centers. We aren’t able to fix everything, but we are ensuring that the most relevant projects are getting taken care of, to improve the workplace across Hanscom. The Workplace Initiative is just one of the Center's five "W's" that support Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force and SAF/AQ (Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition) priorities," said Gen. Rooney.

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