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Four from Hanscom earn 2009 AFMC Comptroller Awards
By Kevin Gilmartin 66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Four Hanscom individuals have won Air Force Materiel Command Comptroller Awards for their efforts in 2009. Maj. Ned L. June won the Frank R. Faykes Comptroller of the Year Award, Master Sgt. Michelle E. Colburn, a section chief in the Accounting Support Division, was named Financial Management Senior NCO of the Year, Senior Airman Maurice P. Morrell, a pay services technician, was selected as Financial Management Airman of the Year and Technical Sgt. Leonard of the 66th Security Forces Squadron was chosen as Resource Advisor of the Year. The awards come during a year when the 66th Comptroller Squadron was a finalist in the 2009 Excellence in Government Outstanding Team Customer Service Award competition, finishing in the top five of more than 100 federal agencies. "These awards are further proof of what I've known for a long time, that the professional men and women of our Comptroller Squadron are among the very best in the Air Force," said Col. David Orr, 66th Air Base Wing commander. "The work they do in support of Hanscom and the Electronic Systems Center mission is exceptional, helping make Hanscom a better place to live and work." (More) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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State House visit Speaker of the Massachusetts House Robert DeLeo and Electronic Systems Center Commander Lt. Gen Ted Bowlds (center), along with members of ESC's senior staff, pause in the speaker's office Tuesday during a tour of the Massachusetts State House. The tour was sponsored by State Representative Jay Kaufman (third from left) of Lexington. (U.S. Air Force by Rick Berry) |
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66 MDG scores high on inspections; earns three-year accreditation By Capt. Geoff Buteau 66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs The 66th Medical Group recently received results from a November inspection by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care where they earned the highest rating, "substantial compliance," in 17 out of 17 chapters. With this high score comes the maximum accreditation of three years, meaning, according to the AAAHC, the 66 MDG performance "implies a commitment to continual self-evaluation and continuous improvement." "The most important part of the AAAHC inspection is that they confirm the outstanding patient care that's given to the community," said Col. Parker Plante, 66 MDG commander. "So typically the [AAAHC inspectors] come in and take a look at all the different processes that we're doing, the patient care that we give, and they look through some of the records to make sure we're annotating everything," he said. "They do this to ensure the community knows that we are taking care of the patients properly, safely and that we're continually improving the overall patient care here." Some of those 17 chapters include, patient rights, quality of care, clinical record and health information, occupational health and dental services. (More) |
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Gen. Kehler: Cyber
focus is on enabling, assuring ops
Air Force Space Command Public Affairs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Hundreds
of Cyber Warriors from the Department of Defense, the
commercial defense industry and military from all five
services attending the Defending America Cyberspace 2010
Symposium here gathered to hear Gen. C. Robert Kehler, Air
Force Space Command commander, give the opening luncheon
remarks, Jan. 12.
"Cyberspace is about operations, not communication. It is
about operations, not a network. It is about how we do
things to fight and win," General Kehler said. "We must
assure our operations on the network." "It is about developing a full spectrum of capabilities within cyberspace, leveraging air and space capabilities to build a unique Air Force contribution to the Joint fight. "We are a team of Airmen, civilians and contractors who enable Joint forces to strike with precision, navigate with accuracy, communicate with certainty, see the battlefield with clarity and network with assurance," he added. (More) |
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2010 salary table for the Boston area
Incorporating the 1.50% General Schedule increase and a
locality payment of 24.80%
Total Increase: 2.17% Effective January 2010 Annual Rates by Grade and Step
Pay scales for other areas can be found at the Office of Personnel Management website at: http://www.opm.gov/oca/10tables/indexGS.asp |
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Air Force announces new program executive officers
The Air Force has announced today that Senior Executive Service member Ronald Mason, director of the 653d Electronic Systems Wing, will become the program executive officer for Cyber and Net-centric Programs at the Electronic Systems Center.
The Air Force has announced that Brig. Gen. Craig S. Olson has been selected for reassignment to Program Executive Officer, Enterprise Information Systems, Electronic Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Maxwell-Gunter AFB, Ala. General Olson is currently serving as Chief, Office of Security Cooperation, Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq, United States Central Command, Baghdad, Iraq.
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the news ... Use of these articles does not reflect official endorsement. Reproduction for private use or gain is subject to original copyright restrictions. Gates Restores Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop Programs in 2011 Plan -- BusinessWeek U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates directed the Air Force to restore to its proposed budget three major programs the service offered to cancel, including a Boeing Co. program to build and install upgraded software in the cockpits of C-130 transports, according to a budget document. 500 and Counting -- AFA Daily Report The Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom AFB, Mass., announced delivery to USAF of the 500th Combat Track II unit, intended primarily as an airborne intelligence system for mobility air forces but also in use on some bombers, Pentagon funding seen boosted now, squeezed later -- Reuters U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to boost funding for the Pentagon in his fiscal 2011 budget but defense spending may be squeezed over the next couple of years, officials said on Friday. Information Integrator: Leveraging Tools for Net-Centric Transformation -- Military Information Technology Q&A with David M. Wennergren, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Information Management, Integration and Technology/DoD Deputy Chief Information Officer. Coalition recommends export control reforms -- The Hill Industry groups on Tuesday released a list of recommendations to overhaul the system that controls the export of sensitive technologies. JTRS networking terminal to enter limited production -- Defense Systems The next-generation military radio communications technology known as the Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS) has been approved to begin limited production of a new terminal Need a Defense business service? 'There's an app for that' -- Nextgov The Defense Department is modeling its new online storefront for downloading Web services after Apple Inc.'s popular App Store. |
command comments ... … The wars we’re in right now are the last war, as we look to the future. So 10 years from now, how much of what we have learned informs us about what we’re going to need to be able to do in the future? And in my view, it’s not a set piece. We’re not going to be able to match it and say, this is where we are right now and this is going to work for the next 10 or 20 or 30 years. It’s just not going to happen. …
... The other thing is we don’t predict very well about where the next crisis is going to break out. So how do we prepare for strategic surprise? And how do we think about that? And this goes back to sort of rebalancing our overall portfolio, which we’ve done, with the best military that I’ve ever served with and make sure we get it right for the future. ...
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