According to the Decatur Daily News, a recent conference on the personnel transfers associated with Base Realignment And Closure (BRAC) reflects the cooperation among communities competing for residents who will move to the Tennessee Valley in conjunction with the transfer of 10,000 jobs. The conference, "BRAC to the Future" was aimed at getting Army personnel to move to the area from DC when the jobs transfer.
The article demonstrates the excitement of area officials by quoting Lincoln County Tennessee Executive Jerry Mansfield: "If you don't get a little tingle from this, we need to call the Madison County coroner."
The article offers some of the numbers prompting Mansfield's excitement. BRAC will bring 4,700 government jobs and at least 5,000 defense contractor jobs to North Alabama, most for high-salary engineers and logisticians. By the end of this year, 1,032 government jobs will have moved to Redstone. Another 1,756 will move in 2008; 232 in 2009; 1,600 in 2010 and 1,100 in 2011. Most are bringing families with them.
Transfer stats quoted by the article show that rates are low. Historically, fewer than 20 percent of government personnel transfer to a new location with BRACs. However, transfer rates don't matter. By Sept. 15, 2011 — the congressionally imposed deadline — the jobs will be filled by transfer or new personnel. The specialization of the jobs suggests that, whether from D.C. or elsewhere, out-of-town applicants will fill most jobs.
See the complete article in the Decatur Daily News.
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