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{{Short description|US government agency}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation | logo = Oldcc dod-rgb seal 1.png | logo_width = | logo_caption = Seal of OLDCC | seal = | seal_width = | seal_caption = | picture = | picture_width = | picture_caption = | formed = {{start date and age|1961}} (as Office of Economic Adjustment),<br/>became OLDCC on January 1, 2021 | preceding1 = | preceding2 = | jurisdiction = [[Federal government of the United States]], mainly near US military bases | headquarters = [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]], [[Virginia]] | coordinates = {{Coordinates|38|49|14|N|77|3|2|W|}} | chief1_name = Patrick J. O'Brien | chief1_position = Director of the OLDCC<ref name=Leadership>{{cite web |url=https://oldcc.gov/leadership |title=Leadership |website=oldcc.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] |access-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808160952/https://oldcc.gov/leadership |url-status=live }}</ref> | parent_department = [[United States Department of Defense]] | website = {{official URL}} | footnotes = }} The '''Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation''' (OLDCC), formerly the '''Office of Economic Adjustment''' (OEA), is a [[United States Department of Defense]] (DoD) [[List of U.S. Department of Defense agencies#Department_of_Defense_Agencies,_Field_Activities,_and_others|field activity]] and provides technical and financial assistance to states, territories, and communities that are invested in the defense mission. OLDCC assistance supports the readiness and resiliency of both defense installations and defense communities. To assist affected communities, OLDCC manages and directs the Defense Economic Adjustment Program and coordinates the involvement of other [[List of United States federal agencies|federal agencies]].<ref name="MH">{{cite web |url=https://oldcc.gov/mission-and-history |title=OUR MISSION & HISTORY |website=oldcc.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] |access-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808160948/https://oldcc.gov/mission-and-history |url-status=live }}</ref> ==History== Founded in 1961 under President [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[United States Secretary of Defense|Defense Secretary]] [[Robert McNamara]], the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA), later the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC), was tasked with mitigating the adverse impact on jobs and local economies after a government cost-reduction program closed several [[List of United States military bases|military bases]]. In the late-1960s and early-70s, OEA opened regional offices in major cities nationwide to facilitate federal grant deliveries.<ref name=MH/> In the 1980s, OEA phased out [[Categorical grant|categorical grants]] (grants with specific categories upon which they can be spent) in favor of [[block grants]] (grants with few or no conditions on spending). Regional assistance waned and all offices not on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] were shuttered. No major military bases were closed during the 1980s. In 1988, a [[Base Realignment and Closure|new base closure statute]] was enacted, which was designed to shield the process from political manipulation ([[Pork barrel]] politics, i.e. congresspeople ensuring bases in their states or [[List of United States congressional districts|districts]] remain open for political gain). The law set up a [[1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission|bipartisan commission]] that channeled base recommendations to the president; approximately 100 bases were closed and 50 realigned.<ref name=AllGov>{{cite web |url=http://www.allgov.com/departments/department-of-defense/office-of-economic-adjustment?agencyid=7383 |title=Office of Economic Adjustment |last=Walleshinsky |first=David |publisher=All Gov |date=2016 |website=allgov.com |access-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808160947/http://www.allgov.com/departments/department-of-defense/office-of-economic-adjustment?agencyid=7383 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result of the [[Base Realignment and Closure]] (BRAC) process developed in the late-1980s and 1990s, OEA provided support to many local communities amidst [[defense industry]] cutbacks. OEA's success served as a model for communities within [[Post-Soviet states|former Soviet States]] and new [[Eastern European]] countries to better cope with reductions in military spending brought about by the end of the [[Cold War]] and the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]].<ref name=AllGov/> In 2013, military operations partially subsided as a result of [[United States budget sequestration in 2013|budget sequestration]] (spending cuts) imposed by the [[Budget Control Act of 2011]], harming [[United States Department of Defense|Defense Department]]-dependent states and communities. Seeking to avert similar economic slowdowns, OEA Director O'Brien began issuing the “Defense Spending by State” report to help state and local leaders cope with potential loss of Defense contracts through economic diversification or technological innovation and [[United States Secretary of Defense|Defense Secretary]] [[Leon Panetta]] pledged continuing aid to affected communities.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vergun |first=David |date=March 19, 2019 |title=Defense Economic Director: Military Spending Important to Communities |url=https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/1789048/defense-economic-director-military-spending-important-to-communities/ |work=[[United States Department of Defense]] |access-date=August 9, 2021 |archive-date=August 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809144558/https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/1789048/defense-economic-director-military-spending-important-to-communities/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=McDaniel |first=Darwin |date=March 21, 2019 |title=Patrick O'Brien: Defense Budget Issues Also Affect Local Communities |url=https://www.executivegov.com/2019/03/patrick-obrien-defense-budget-issues-also-affect-local-communities/ |work=Executive Gov |access-date=August 9, 2021 |archive-date=August 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809144603/https://www.executivegov.com/2019/03/patrick-obrien-defense-budget-issues-also-affect-local-communities/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Serbu |first=Jared |date=August 7, 2012 |title=Panetta throws in the towel on 2013 base closures |url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/all-news/2012/08/panetta-throws-in-the-towel-on-2013-base-closures/ |work=Federal News Network |access-date=August 9, 2021 |archive-date=August 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809144559/https://federalnewsnetwork.com/all-news/2012/08/panetta-throws-in-the-towel-on-2013-base-closures/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021]] (NDAA FY2021) included a provision (Section 905) that amended Chapter 4 of [[Title 10 of the United States Code]] to rename OEA the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC). The provision took effect upon enactment of the Act on January 1, 2021.<ref name="NDAA">{{cite act|type=National Defense Authorization Act|index=Unknown|date=January 1, 2021|article=Section 905|article-type=|legislature=[[United States Congress]]|title=William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021|page=411-412|url=https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6395/BILLS-116hr6395enr.pdf|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=January 7, 2021 |title=Office of Economic Adjustment Officially Renamed |work=Association of Defense Communities |url=https://defensecommunities.org/2021/01/office-of-economic-adjustment-officially-renamed/ |access-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808160948/https://defensecommunities.org/2021/01/office-of-economic-adjustment-officially-renamed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Executive Order]] 14008, issued by President [[Joe Biden]] in early 2021, added addressing [[climate change]] to OLDCC's goals.<ref name=FY21>{{cite report |author=[[Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)]] |date=May 2021 |title=Fiscal Year 2022 President's Budget Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation |url=https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2022/budget_justification/pdfs/01_Operation_and_Maintenance/O_M_VOL_1_PART_1/OSD_OLDCC_OP-5.pdf |publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] |page=2, 15 |access-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808160948/https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2022/budget_justification/pdfs/01_Operation_and_Maintenance/O_M_VOL_1_PART_1/OSD_OLDCC_OP-5.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Operations== The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation provides technical and financial assistance (referred to as economic adjustment assistance) to [[U.S. state|states]] and local communities supporting the mission of the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]. Such aid is intended to enhance the resiliency and readiness of defense installations and their surrounding communities.<ref name=MH/> Economic adjustment assistance provides a community-based context for assessing economic hardships caused by DoD program changes by identifying and evaluating alternative courses of action, identifying resource requirements, and assisting in the preparation of an adjustment strategy or action plan to help communities help themselves. [[Public–private partnership|Public and private partnerships]] are employed in areas such as [[public infrastructure]] to help local communities, the residents of which are often employed by or otherwise support military installations, and reduce [[operating costs]].<ref name=MH/> OLDCC employees have a range of experience in economic and [[community development]], [[land use planning]], [[Real estate development|real estate redevelopment]], federal real property programs, military programs, and worker adjustment. Project managers also bring a working knowledge of other federal agencies and their respective programs to help communities put together an adjustment program combining federal, state, local, and private resources. ===Programs=== OLDCC operates several programs of assistance aimed at helping local defense-supporting communities:<ref name="Programs">{{cite web |title=Program Overview |url=https://oldcc.gov/program-overview |access-date=August 8, 2021 |website=oldcc.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] |archive-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808160949/https://oldcc.gov/program-overview |url-status=live }}</ref> * '''Community Noise Mitigation Program:''' The Community Noise Mitigation Program is designed to address communities impacted by military fixed wing aviation noise for the purposes of installing noise mitigation at covered facilities. Covered facilities are hospitals, daycare facilities, schools, facilities serving senior citizens, and private residences. This program is authorized under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub. L. 117-35) Section 8120. * '''Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program (DCIP):''' Funds community infrastructure to support defense personnel and families.<ref name="DCIP">{{cite web |title=Defense Community Infrastructure Program |url=https://oldcc.gov/defense-community-infrastructure-program-dcip |access-date=August 8, 2021 |website=oldcc.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] |archive-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808163532/https://oldcc.gov/defense-community-infrastructure-program-dcip |url-status=live }}</ref> * '''Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program (DMCSP):''' Supports long-term community investments in [[national security]] innovation and [[Arms industry|defense manufacturing industrial ecosystem]] capability expansion (i.e. funding [[research and development]] in defense-critical technologies).<ref name="DMCSP">{{cite web |title=Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program |url=https://oldcc.gov/defense-manufacturing-community-support-program |access-date=August 8, 2021 |website=oldcc.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] |archive-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808161026/https://oldcc.gov/defense-manufacturing-community-support-program |url-status=live }}</ref> * '''Installation Resilience Program:''' Funds state and local government improvement of installation sustainability (i.e. resilience against [[natural disasters]] or adverse environmental changes such as [[climate change]] and [[pollution]]). Delivers grants to states, private landowners, and others and drafts plans and provides assistance in finding solutions to [[light pollution]], [[urban sprawl]], [[Ecosystem-based management|endangered species management]], [[energy security]] threats, etc.<ref>{{cite web |title=Military Installation Sustainability |url=https://oldcc.gov/our-programs/military-installation-sustainability |access-date=August 8, 2021 |website=oldcc.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] |archive-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808163543/https://oldcc.gov/our-programs/military-installation-sustainability |url-status=live }}</ref> * '''Public Schools on Military Installations (PSMI)''': An invitation only program based on a Deputy Secretary of Defense prioritization ranking for installations; Funds construction, renovation, repair, and expansion of [[Education in the United States|public schools]] located on [[List of United States military bases|military bases]]. Despite their location, these schools are operated by [[School district#United_States|local education agencies.]] * '''Mission Realingment Program:''' After base closures or reductions, deploys project managers to select local redevelopment authorities (LRAs) to represent community members to local, state, and federal agencies. The project manager and LRA develop plans to revitalize the local economy, seek [[Investment|private]] and [[Government spending|public investment]], and support affected workers and businesses.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oldcc.gov/our-programs/downsizing |title=Downsizing |website=oldcc.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] |access-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808163536/https://oldcc.gov/our-programs/downsizing |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Organization== OLDCC is a [[List of U.S. Department of Defense agencies#Department_of_Defense_Agencies,_Field_Activities,_and_others|Department of Defense field activity]] under the [[Office of the Secretary of Defense]] (OSD); more specifically, within the [[Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment#Office_of_the_Under_Secretary|Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment]] (OUSD(A&S)),<ref name=MH/> and under the purview of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment. While headquartered in [[Arlington, Virginia]], OLDCC retains a Western Regional Office in [[Sacramento, California]] headed by the Deputy Director, Western Regional Office.<ref name=MH/> ===Director=== The Director of OLDCC is, by statute, appointed by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and must be a [[United States federal civil service|federal civilian employee]] or private individual with "experience in the interagency in the Executive Branch [and] experience in the administration and management of Federal grants programs." He or she is charged with operating the Office and ensuring appropriate aid is sent to Defense-supporting communities.<ref name=NDAA/> The director serves ''[[Ex officio member|ex officio]]'' as Executive Director of the Economic Adjustment Committee, a body composed of various [[United States federal executive departments|federal department]] heads and other agency leaders or their representatives that coordinates interagency economic assistance in response to [[United States Department of Defense|Defense]] program changes.<ref name=FY21/><ref name=EAC>{{cite web |url=https://oldcc.gov/federal-assistance-coordination |title=Federal Assistance Coordination |website=oldcc.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] |access-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808160950/https://oldcc.gov/federal-assistance-coordination |url-status=live }}</ref> The current director is Patrick O'Brien, an [[economic development]] expert and former [[Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]] employee.<ref name=Leadership/> ===Economic Assistance Committee=== The Economic Adjustment Committee (EAC) is a body composed of various [[United States federal executive departments|federal department]] heads and other agency leaders (or their designees) that coordinates interagency economic assistance in response to [[United States Department of Defense|Defense]] program changes. It is not a part of OLDCC, but works closely with the Office. With a membership similar to but greater than that of a typical [[Cabinet of the United States|presidential cabinet]], the EAC's current roster of 22 is as follows: * [[Secretary of Agriculture]] * [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] (head of the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]]) * [[Secretary of Commerce]] * [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] * [[United States Secretary of Education|Secretary of Education]] * [[Secretary of Energy]] * [[Secretary of Health and Human Services]] * [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] * [[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] * [[United States Secretary of Labor|Secretary of Labor]] * [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] * [[Secretary of Transportation]] * [[Secretary of the Treasury]] * [[Secretary of Veterans Affairs]] * [[Secretary of Homeland Security]] * [[Council of Economic Advisers#Chairs|Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers]] * [[Office of Management and Budget#List_of_directors|Director of the Office of Management and Budget]] (OMB) * [[United States Office of Personnel Management#Directors_of_OPM|Director of the Office of Personnel Management]] (OPM) * [[Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) * [[General Services Administration|Administrator of the General Services Administration]] (GSA) * [[Administrator of the Small Business Administration]] (SBA) * [[United States Postmaster General|Postmaster General]] (head of [[USPS]])<ref name=FY21/><ref name=EAC/> Additionally, the Director of the Office of the Local Defense Community Cooperation serves as the EAC's Executive Director<ref name=FY21/><ref name=EAC/> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{official website|https://oldcc.gov/}} {{DOD agencies}} {{authority control}} [[Category:United States Department of Defense agencies]]