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BRAC deadline has NOT been extended
Posted by:
Don Carr
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Date: September 24, 2009 09:04PM
Some media coverage of an announcement earlier this week regarding DOD agencies in in leased space due to move to Fort Belvoir mistakenly leaves the impression the BRAC deadline of Sept. 15, 2011 has been extended. That isn't the case. What has been extended is the deadline by which the commercial buildings those agencies are in must comply with enhanced force protection standards. The change in that deadline has no effect on BRAC relocation requirements. DOD has a legal obligation and a plan in place to close and realign all installations as recommended by the BRAC Commission by September 15, 2011.
In 2003, DOD – separate from the BRAC 2005 work two years later – issued guidance (in the Unified Facility Criteria or "UFC") directing that lease renewals or extensions after Sept. 30, 2009, must meet specified DoD antiterrorism standards. Any DoD lease extended or renewed after that date must meet these standards, or the DoD tenant must relocate to other space that complies with the standards.
The application of this deadline to some leases that include BRAC-affected organizations, however, would require those organizations to move twice: once when their lease expires, and again when their receiving facilities are completed, but not later than the BRAC deadline of September 15, 2011. In order to avoid the mission disruption and waste of resources that could come with any double move, DOD authorized a deferral of the applicability of the DoD antiterrorism standards for leases in the National Capital Region with BRAC-affected tenants. This enables renewal or extension of those leases even though those spaces might not meet the DOD antiterrorism standards.
This latest decision by the DOD simply extends the deadline for certain leases to comply with the antiterrorism standards. Allowing the term of those lease extensions to run until September 2014 recognizes that some leases cover non-BRAC agencies that do not have to move by September 2011, allows time for orderly lease termination activities, and provides affected landlords additional time to decide whether to invest in refitting their buildings to meet the standards.
The extension does not change the statutory BRAC deadline of Sept. 15, 2011, nor does it authorize any organization affected by BRAC to exceed that deadline. Every organization required by BRAC 2005 to move to Fort Belvoir or any other location will do so by the statutory deadline.
In 2003, DOD – separate from the BRAC 2005 work two years later – issued guidance (in the Unified Facility Criteria or "UFC") directing that lease renewals or extensions after Sept. 30, 2009, must meet specified DoD antiterrorism standards. Any DoD lease extended or renewed after that date must meet these standards, or the DoD tenant must relocate to other space that complies with the standards.
The application of this deadline to some leases that include BRAC-affected organizations, however, would require those organizations to move twice: once when their lease expires, and again when their receiving facilities are completed, but not later than the BRAC deadline of September 15, 2011. In order to avoid the mission disruption and waste of resources that could come with any double move, DOD authorized a deferral of the applicability of the DoD antiterrorism standards for leases in the National Capital Region with BRAC-affected tenants. This enables renewal or extension of those leases even though those spaces might not meet the DOD antiterrorism standards.
This latest decision by the DOD simply extends the deadline for certain leases to comply with the antiterrorism standards. Allowing the term of those lease extensions to run until September 2014 recognizes that some leases cover non-BRAC agencies that do not have to move by September 2011, allows time for orderly lease termination activities, and provides affected landlords additional time to decide whether to invest in refitting their buildings to meet the standards.
The extension does not change the statutory BRAC deadline of Sept. 15, 2011, nor does it authorize any organization affected by BRAC to exceed that deadline. Every organization required by BRAC 2005 to move to Fort Belvoir or any other location will do so by the statutory deadline.
Re: BRAC deadline has NOT been extended
Posted by:
Lolwhut
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Date: September 24, 2009 09:06PM
What the fuck are you rambling on about, and who gives a rats ass?
Re: BRAC deadline has NOT been extended
Posted by:
Troll
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Date: September 24, 2009 09:16PM
Wouldn't it be funny if trolls actually where communicating in code secretly to someone.
Re: BRAC deadline has NOT been extended
Posted by:
lolwhut's a dummy
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Date: September 24, 2009 09:21PM
lolwhut, you should read the news every now and then.