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March 9, 2018
New appraisal system set to begin April 1

Beginning April 1, bargaining unit federal employees here will begin using a new, standardized performance appraisal program as part of the Department of Defense’s New Beginnings initiative.
March 9, 2018
Program helps eligible employees in need of leave

Federal employees here with a personal or family medical emergency and without the availability of paid leave may be eligible to apply for the Voluntary Leave Transfer Program.
March 9, 2018
Hanscom supplies comms on demand

The 386th Expeditionary Communications Squadron trains with a communication fly-away kit for these what-if scenarios.A program office at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, was responsible for gathering requirements from the users in the field. Today, the Theater Deployable Communications office
March 6, 2018
Small businesses help DOD solve big challenges

NEWTON, Mass. – Addressing the New Horizons conference here Feb. 28, the Air Force Materiel Command director for Small Business Programs spoke about the importance of small business for the defense community and the changes and trends she’s been seeing.“Small businesses are the underpinning of our
March 2, 2018
Agile conquers New Horizons

Often associated with software development, agile acquisition traces its roots to the private industry technology sector, where it evolved as a way to rapidly build, field, test and rebuild components and applications.
March 2, 2018
Hanscom volunteers help Massachusetts children

Approximately 100 volunteers from the Hanscom community came together March 2 to construct 50 beds for area children.
March 2, 2018
Hanscom to host Military Retiree Appreciation Day

Military retirees, spouses and retirees' dependent survivors of all ranks and services can attend the Military Retiree Appreciation Day event April 20 at the Minuteman Commons here.
March 2, 2018
Radar sustainment team earns top honors

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass -- The Office of the Secretary of Defense singled out the COBRA DANE System Sustainment Team at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, for an award for maintaining, sustaining and repairing the stationary COBRA DANE radar. The team won the 2017 Secretary of Defense
March 1, 2018
Three Hanscom master sergeants selected for promotion

Air Force officials have selected 1,549 master sergeants, including three at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, for promotion to senior master sergeant out of 13,054 eligible for a selection rate of 11.87 percent.
Feb. 26, 2018
Airmen code for combat in Cambridge

Kroger’s team is working with a company called Pivotal Labs, which provides people and space to teach Airmen how to code like the workers in Silicon Valley, but for the Department of Defense. Open workspaces found in Cambridge contrast with traditional government workspaces on base with closed

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