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The ADC Energy Partnership Council is co-sponsoring a two-day workshop focusing on how industry can partner with the federal government to help meet its goals for improving energy efficiency and increasing its reliance on renewable energy. The workshop, “PPPs for the Federal Government: Successful Partnering to Meet Energy Goals and Mandates,” is being held by the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships from Sept. 19-20 in Arlington, Va. …

Defense Communities 360 will be taking several days off. The next issue will be sent on Wednesday, Aug. 29.

The charity golf tournament held during the ADC 2012 Annual Conference in Monterey raised $1,000 toward the construction of a veterans cemetery at the former Fort Ord. The tournament, played at Poppy Hills in Pebble Beach, drew almost 40 golfers — more players than recent ADC golf events attracted. Participants’ contributions went to the Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Foundation, which is raising money for the project’s planning and design phase …

ADC has added an alternate format for receiving the daily version of DC 360 that will include the entire text of each story. The new format is designed to allow employees at DOD agencies and other organizations that block them from clicking on hyperlinks to read the full text of each 360 story. As a result, the e-mail will be longer than the standard version of the Daily, but it eliminates the need to click through to ADC’s website to read the entire story. Switching to the new option is easy. Go to the ADC website, http://www.defensecommunities.org, and click on “DC 360 Sign-Up” on the right-hand side of the page. Enter your name and e-mail, and select the “Daily (Full Articles)” button …

Hope everyone that came out to Monterey enjoyed the Annual Conference! To recuperate, 360 will take a week off. Look for the next issue in your inbox on Thursday, Aug. 16.

As the Defense Department, its installations and defense communities adjust to a fiscal environment marked by uncertainty, one lesson is becoming clear — the role of communities, states and the private sector in supporting DOD is more important than ever, noted ADC President John Armbrust on Monday during the association’s 2012 Annual Conference. In recognition of the closer link between communities and the military, it makes sense to establish a new framework for the partnership between the Pentagon and America’s defense communities, Armbrust said just prior to introducing the morning’s keynote speaker, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta …

Acknowledging there will not be a BRAC round next year, Secretary Panetta told more than 600 attendees Monday at the ADC 2012 Annual Conference that the nation’s fiscal challenges will continue to drive the need for DOD to pare its infrastructure at the same time it reduces its end strength. “Our budget made tough decisions to cut the size of the force. It would be irresponsible for us not to cut excess infrastructure and overhead as well,” Panetta said. And while it wasn’t a surprise that Congress shot down the department’s request to hold a new BRAC round in 2013, the Monterey native said it was an important topic to broach, and a debate that must continue …

Craig College, Ph.D., the Army’s deputy assistant chief of staff for installation management, has demonstrated visionary leadership throughout his career, managing significant programs to transform Army structure, increase installation efficiency and address budget reduction mandates. Since 2006, he has been the deputy staff principal of the organization responsible for policies, programs and budgets for Army installations worldwide, including making sure facilities are available for senior mission commanders and the well-being of the force, families and civilians who live, work and train at them …

A unique public-private partnership between the U.S. Navy and Ford Island Properties LLC — a joint venture between an affiliate of Hunt Companies and Fluor Federal Services — enabled the service to revitalize and upgrade the infrastructure on Ford Island and turn it into a center of historic naval activity in Hawaii. The project fulfilled the Navy’s goal to boost economic development in the area and develop on-island housing for military personnel, all without using taxpayers’ dollars or congressional appropriations. Steve Colón, president of Hunt’s Hawaii development division, was the leading force behind the effort …

Since its formation in 2009 by the state legislature, the South Dakota Ellsworth Development Authority has worked to reduce encroachment surrounding Ellsworth Air Force Base and improve the base’s efficiency in an effort to support the installation’s missions and prepare it for future growth. To accomplish its objectives, the authority has taken the lead role in coordinating between the state, local communities and Ellsworth officials …