Mission Support/Community Partnerships

Water Contaminants Pose Greater Risk than Previously Indicated, Study Finds 0
- Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- June 22, 2018
Two chemical compounds found in the drinking water supplies at or outside hundreds of active and closed military installations pose a risk to human health at much lower concentrations than previously indicated by federal regulators, according to a study released this week by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). The toxicological study,
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Military to Support Request to House up to 20,000 Unaccompanied Minors 0
- Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- June 22, 2018
The Trump administration is planning to house up to 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children on military installations, following a request from the Department of Health and Human Services to have facilities available as early as July. “HHS and DOD are working closely to determine the requirements and timing for support,” said DOD spokesman Army Lt. Col.
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BRAC Hiatus Won’t Extend Indefinitely 0
- Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, Summit 2018
- June 21, 2018
Washington, D.C. — With the Trump administration’s decision not to request additional base closures with this year’s budget submission, the Pentagon’s uphill battle to demonstrate the benefits of a new BRAC round to lawmakers has been placed on the back burner, but the discussion can be expected to return to Capitol Hill eventually. At some
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Trump Directs DOD to Prepare to House Migrant Families 0
- Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- June 21, 2018
Military installations may be used to house families crossing the nation’s southern border, after the executive order President Trump signed Wednesday to end family separations called for the Pentagon to prepare for that prospect. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters the department would carry out the order. “We support DHS, and right now this is
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DOD’s Door is Open to New Ideas for Supporting Installations, CMO Says 0
- Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, Summit 2018
- June 20, 2018
Washington, D.C. — DOD is open to new ways of doing business and community leaders should continue to reach out to officials at the installation level with ideas for partnerships or other ways of providing mission support. That was the overarching message John Gibson II, the Pentagon’s first chief management officer, delivered during a question-and-answer
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EPA Timeline for Setting Exposure Limits for Water Contaminants Is Uncertain 0
- Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, Summit 2018
- June 20, 2018
Washington, D.C. — Last month Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a series of steps the agency would take to respond to growing concern over the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water supplies across the country. One of the steps Pruitt cited would be an effort to explore the possibility
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