Subject: Program Executive Officers' Collaboration during the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Process.

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

OFFICE OF THE ASSIST ANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

ACQUISITION, LOGISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY

103 ARMY PENTAGON

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20310-0103

21 JAN 2004

MEMORANDUM FOR SEE DISTRIBUTION

SUBJECT: Program Executive Officers' Collaboration during the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Process

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The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Defense have identified the BRAC process as an integral part of the department's strategy to transform the Department of Defense (Enclosures 1 and 2). It is extremely important that Program Executive Officers (PEOs) participate in this process.

There are four BRAC groups assessing the infrastructure, which is dependent on programs you manage. These four groups and your point of contact (POC) in each group are:

a. Total Army Basing Study (TABS) Group in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations Analysis). The POC for arsenals, depots, and plants is LTC Ronald Pulignani, [phone]. The POC for laboratories is Dr. Chien Huo, [phone].

b. Industrial Joint Cross Service Group. The POC is MG Wade H. McManus, Jr., Commander, U.S. Army Field Support Command and Army representative on this group, [phone].

c. Technical Joint Cross-Service Group (laboratory). The POC is Dr. Robert Rohde, SAAL-TR, [phone].

d. U.S. Army Materiel Command Stationing Office. The POC is Daryl Powell, USAMCSO, [phone].

The Army BRAC 2005 Internal Control Plan (ICP) provides a consistent set of management controls designed to provide an "unbroken chain" of accountability for each sub-element of information and analysis used in the Army BRAC 2005 process. The network to engage Department of Army organizations is accomplished with "trusted agents." The trusted agents will only be granted access to information based on their needs. Mr. Joseph Pieper, SAAL-PA, [phone], or e-mail: [e-mail], is the BRAC "Trusted Agent" for the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology). I want to expand the trusted agent network by including a POC from each PEO. Please submit a BRAC point of contact to Mr. Pieper within the next week. The trusted agent should be a Department of Army Civilian (DAC) at a grade of at least GS-13.

Mr. Pieper will organize a meeting later this month among representatives from the four BRAC groups identified above and your PEO trusted agents. This meeting will provide the necessary training that explains the BRAC process and how your trusted agents fit into that process.

I expect you to be a pro-active resource for these BRAC groups. Your expertise and input is essential to ensure:

a. Issues and ideas are surfaced that should be pursued in the BRAC process.

b. Military value attributes for your assigned materiel/system are appropriately assessed.

c. Private sector capabilities are considered consistent with Army policy.

d. Provide insight to your acquisition strategies as they affect depots, arsenals, ammunition plants, and laboratories.

Enclosures

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PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:

Air and Missile Defense, ATTN: SFAE-AMD, P.O. Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801

Editor's note: To view the enclosures, visit the Department of the Army BRAC Web site at <http://www.defenselink.mil/brac/army.htm>.

JOSEPH L. YAKOVAC

Lieutenant General, GS

Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)