Base civilians can donate leave through Fed. program

The Employee and Labor Relations Branch of the Civilian Personnel Office, which administers the Voluntary Leave Transfer Program for Hanscom, reports that since January 2007, 10 Hanscom employees have benefited from annual leave donated by fellow civilian employees. To date, 50 employees have

Hanscom pilots first Senior Leader Orientation Course

The Airman and Family Readiness Center will host Hanscom's first Senior Leader Orientation Course for new-to-Hanscom leaders Sept. 17 from 8 a.m. to noon. The course is a new pilot program for the A&FRC that consolidates a dozen mandatory individual leadership consultations into a single morning

642 ELSS delivers security system upgrades to first Navy site

When one of the Navy's primary bases in Africa nearly quadrupled in size, the 642nd Electronic Systems Squadron responded proportionately to the new security demands its Tactical Automated Security System would be meeting there. The squadron is currently delivering TASS capability upgrades to Camp

38 EIG reaps Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

The Air Force announced on August 23 that Electronic Systems Center's 38th Engineering Installation Group, Tinker AFB, Okla., is among its list of Air Force Outstanding Unit Award recipients. The award, for performance covering a two-year period between Jan. 1, 2005, and Dec. 31, 2006, results from

Check it out! New fitness center to open Sept. 5

It’s back to school time for Hanscom youth

School bells will ring through the halls of the Hanscom Primary and Middle schools Wednesday to officially begin the first day of classes for students in grades one through eight. Kindergartners will begin their classes on Thursday. For the schools' faculty and staff members, however, the 2007-2008

Chief to Chief

NSPS Web-based tool now easier to use after enhancements

Electronic Systems Center people who fall under the National Security Personnel System, or those who supervise someone who does, will be happy to find that the Performance Appraisal Application has been updated with several improvements that should make it much easier to navigate. According to Bob

ESC providing ‘simple’ solution to combatant commander needs

U.S. Strategic Command is charged with providing the national command authority, including the secretary of defense and the president, with precise information on nearly any global contingency. This information must be solid enough to enable often rapid decision-making and comprehensive enough to

Base tests emergency response system

Hanscom personnel put a new twist on the usual way of conducting emergency response operations last week. The Electronic Systems Center Inspector General's Office conducted a Base Readiness Exercise Aug. 14 to test the base's ability to recall and operate an Emergency Operations Center in reaction