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Project Highlights
BRAC

Kansas Army Ammunition Plant Washwater SumpsThe Kansas Army Ammunition Plant is a 13,727-acre facility located in rural Kansas and has always been utilized for “pack and load” production rather than manufacturing of explosives. This mission required large Quantity Distance Arcs (distance required for...

Compatible Use

Aerial View of Naval Base Ventura CountyNaval Base (NB) Ventura County is located in western Ventura County, California, along the Pacific Ocean with geographically separated facilities at Port Hueneme, Point Mugu, San Nicolas Island, and the 36,000 square mile Sea Test Range. The county’s largest...

BRAC

Aerial View of NAS BrunswickBase Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 closed Naval Air Station (NAS) Brunswick and Topsham Annex. The former NAS Brunswick main base (closed on May 30, 2011) consisted of 3,407 acres (including the McKeen Street housing site, East Brunswick Transmitter Site,...

Mission Growth

A MC-130W Combat Spear at Cannon AFBThe communities surrounding Cannon Air Force Base (AFB) have a long history of supporting its Airmen and their families. After a 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission decision to close Cannon AFB unless the Department of Defense identified a new mission,...

Compatible Use

T-1A JayhawkColumbus Air Force Base (AFB) encompasses 4,931 acres (4,408 of which are federally owned). The 14th Flying Training Wing (14 FTW) military operations include flight training for the T-6A Texan II, T-38C Talon, and T-1A Jayhawk. The 14 FTW averages 280 sorties...

Mission Growth

Clock tower on Fort Sam HoustonJoint Base San Antonio (JBSA) is the result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action that joined the separate installation management activities of Fort Sam Houston, Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), and Randolph Air Force Base to form JBSA. Resulting...

OEA’s Compatible Use Program promotes cooperative planning efforts among military installations, ranges and military training corridors and surrounding communities.
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OEA provides growth management planning assistance to State and local governments.
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OEA Announcements

  • Article OEA School Construction Grants Approved

    Tuesday, December 11, 2012

    On December 11, 2012, the Department of Defense announced the latest school construction grants from the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA): $35,247,240 to Geary County Unified School District # 475, to replace the Fort Riley Middle School on Fort Riley, Kansas; $18,070,606 to Vernon Parish School Board to replace South Fort Polk Elementary School on Fort Polk, Louisiana; and $57,161,689 to Sierra Sands Unified School District for two grants to replace Murray Middle School, and to expand Burroughs High School, on Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California.

  • Article OEA Transportation Infrastructure Grants Approved

    Tuesday, December 11, 2012

    On December 11, 2012, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced its latest transportation grant from the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) – an $18.3 million grant to the Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration (SHA) for the Maryland Route 185 (Connecticut Avenue) and Jones Bridge Road/Kensington Parkway intersection project for improved access to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda.

  • Article Central Contractor Registry to be replaced by "SAM" will not be available after July 24, 2012

    Monday, June 23, 2012

    A new System for Award Management (SAM) will replace the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), Federal Agency Registration (FedReg), Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA), and Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) on Monday, July 30th.

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News

  • Article Defending Against Defense Cuts

    USA Today - January 31, 2013, By Tim Mullaney

    Communities Prep for Job Losses If a Big Employer Is Hit

    Bridget Lauderdale remembers the broad green sea -- in the parking lot.

    The Lockheed Martin executive was two years out of her internship when then-Defense secretary Dick Cheney killed the A-12 bomber. On Jan. 7, 1991, a unit of General Dynamics (the division is now part of Lockheed) responded by firing 4,000 workers here, in a one-day swoop as devastating as a bomber run.

  • Article Eckstrom Tells Military Base Leaders That South Carolina May Face a Perfect Storm of Budget Pressures

    AP Newswire - January 29, 2013, By Susanne M. Schafer

    Columbia, S.C. (AP) - Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom warned South Carolina's military base supporters that ongoing budget pressures could merge with future base closures and slash the military's presence in South Carolina.

  • Article Kansas Leaders Discuss Military's Future in State

    The Topeka Capital-Journal - January 23, 2013, By JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press

    TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Governor's Military Council is preparing to make the case for maintaining the presence of the armed forces in Kansas ahead of likely widespread cuts in defense spending.

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