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Arsenal could get 87 new jobs
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Up to 87 workers could move to Army Contracting Command-Rock Island (ACC-RI) when the Army closes its National Capital Region contracting center next year as part of a workload redistribution. Army Contracting Command-Capital Region (ACC-NCR), in Alexandria, Va., will close July 20, 2013, with its workload distributed to other contracting centers operated by the Army Contracting Command, according to a news release. Michael R. Hutchison, ACC-RI executive director,said factors such as alignment of customers with similar missions, ACC-RI's low turnover rate and low cost of operations, led many of the positions to move to Rock Island.The workload redistribution could result in four new major customers for ACC-RI, three in the information technology arena, he said in the release. The Army predicts the move will save about $13 million annually. The redistribution affects 260 civil service positions and six military positions. All ACC-NCR civil service employees will be offered their current position at the new locations; soldiers will be reassigned through the military personnel system. "This was a difficult decision," said Maj. Gen. Camille M. Nichols, commanding general, U.S. Army Contracting Command, headquartered at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. "But as good stewards of the taxpayers' money, we must make the most effective and efficient use of our resources, including our people." High employee turnover and operating costs were the primary factors for the changes, Gene Duncan, acting chief, Operations Division, ACC Operations Group, and project officer for the transition, said in the release. ACC-NCR employee turnover was more than 30 percent from Oct. 1, 2010 to June 30, compared to normal workforce attrition of 8 to 10 percent. Moving the organization from a highly competitive area will reduce turnover, stabilize the workforce and improve the already strong customer service and contract quality, Mr. Duncan said. Other centers receiving ACC-NCR's workload include Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. (79 positions); Warren, Mich. (10 positions); Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. (32 positions); Redstone Arsenal, Ala. (22 positions); Mission and Installation Contracting Command offices at Fort Knox, Ky. (10 positions); and Joint Base San Antonio, Texas (12 positions). Fourteen positions will remain in the National Capital Region at Fort Belvoir, Va., to handle support functions. Employees have until Jan. 8, 2013, to accept or decline the reassignment. Employees who decline transfer can register in the Priority Placement Program designed to help displaced employees. ACC also will provide relocation and transition assistance. Employees also may be eligible for placement through the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan for positions outside the Department of Defense. 
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Today is Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The Rt. Rev. Harry I. Witherspoon, D.D. Bishop of Illinois, willpreach in Trinity (Episcopal) Church, in this city this evening.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Mississippi River flooded itsbanks at Rock Island, destroying the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber companyand damaging the Lumber Company and arsenal power plant. Total loss isestimated at $100.000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of South Rock Island township are circulating a petitionfavoring the annexation of that area to the city of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Mrs. Thomas Ackles, of Rock Island, has been elected president ofthe Playcrafters for the next season. She succeeds Warren Leonard.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Some 8,000 people filed through the gates of Rock Island Arsenal on Saturday to view a display of a part of the nation's armed strength. The occasion was theannual observance of Armed Forces Day.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Willis Kuschmann, of Moline, who already has won his laurels as oneof the most artistic men in the Quad-Cities area, has a new hobby. He is deeply involvedin miniature railroading. At the age of 88, when many other seniors are dozing in theirchairs or sitting before the television, Mr. Kuschmann is planning and working on hiscollection.
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