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  • Transitioning from a performance- to contribution-based pay system in AcqDemo

    Training is in full swing for some 13,000 Air Force Materiel Command personnel scheduled to convert to the DoD Civilian Acquisition Workforce Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) pay system in June 2016.During the training, employees are learning about the key differences in the performance management

  • Civilians authorized participation in fitness, wellness programs

    Members of the Department of Defense civilian workforce here are able to participate in the Air Force Materiel Command fitness and wellness initiative that permits up to three hours each week of voluntary physical fitness or participation in wellness programs.Interested employees must first initiate

  • AFSVA gets ready for 2016 youth camps

    Hanscom teenagers looking to cure those summertime blues will have various camps to choose from this year, thanks to central funding from the Air Force Services Activity, also known as AFSVA.Teen family members of active-duty Airmen; retired Airmen; Air Force civilian employees; Air National Guard;

  • 66 MDS encourages secure messaging use

    Patients seen by the 66th Medical Squadron here are able to request and provide information to their health care team through a patient portal called MiCare Secure Messaging.Since the Air Force Medical Service first introduced it in 2012, MiCare has allowed for a more secure exchange of health

  • Fraud-related training offered April 5-6

    The next Boston Area Fraud Working Group will take place April 5 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Hanscom Conference Center.The training will feature presentations on the following topics: "Corruption in Contracting," presented by FBI Special Agent Jared Hewitt; "National Intellectual Property Rights

  • Hanscom Airmen and local Girl Scouts continue Cookies for a Cause tradition

    Hanscom volunteers and the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts gathered here March 19 to distribute approximately 18,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to six military and veteran organizations.An estimated 450 Girl Scouts and their families, along with  more than 20 military and civilian volunteers

  • AFMC executive director reflects on career start, successes after 34 years

    What began as uncertainty toward the possibility of an Air Force career transformed into a 34-year commitment for Air Force Materiel Command Executive Director Michael A. Gill, who retires April 1 after spending three years in the command's top civilian post."We all talk about retirement, but you

  • Raytheon awarded contract for COBRA DANE radar

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center recently awarded a two-year sole source contract to Raytheon for radar maintenance in Alaska.Worth $77 million, the contract covers operations, maintenance and sustainment support for COBRA DANE, one of the largest radars in the Air Force's inventory. The