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DLA Disposition Services News

Dec. 11, 2019

Employees enjoy fluffy pancakes and fellowship for holidays

Defense Logistics Agency employees in the Breakfast Capital of the World gathered Dec. 10 for their annual Holiday Pancake Breakfast.

Dec. 9, 2019

Employees help ease holiday shortage in blood supply

Agency employees gave some of their gifts early as they helped decrease the holiday shortages in the blood supply.

Dec. 7, 2019

Program participants start new career path

Prior to administering the oath, Cannon and his senior leadership team took a moment to get to know the new associates and provide words of wisdom as they start their new career path. A common theme of advice to the class members was to be open to opportunities -- whether it be a new area of interest or moving site locations—to get outside of their respective comfort zones, to grow, to find mentors and be mentors themselves.

Dec. 5, 2019

Cannon wraps up year with worldwide town hall

Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Director Mike Cannon addressed his command’s worldwide workforce during an end-of-year town hall Dec. 3 in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Dec. 2, 2019

Tis the season for CFC

The Combined Federal Campaign allows employees to give to local, national and international charities. The 2019 campaign ends January 12. CFC is the world’s largest and most successful annual workplace charity campaign, with almost 200 CFC campaigns throughout the country and overseas raising millions of dollars each year.

Nov. 25, 2019

RPA: Your new cyber sidekick?

Disposition personnel can now submit ideas for how virtual automations might ease the time demands of repetitive, rule-based tasks.

Nov. 21, 2019

EOQ winner hoping to learn more about disposal mission

Shontavia Ortega was recently named Employee of the Quarter.

Nov. 18, 2019

Excess ARNORTH computer equipment provides educational opportunities

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base San Antonio website — In the early morning hours of Nov. 15, U.S. Army North personnel at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston quietly loaded 100 excess laptops and peripherals into a rental trailer, which departed the area headed east. Its final destination was Wilkinson County High School in Woodville, Mississippi, thanks to the Department of Defense’s Computers for Learning program.

Nov. 18, 2019

Finance employee praised for ingenuity

A systems accountant for business analysis and integration with DLA Finance at DLA Disposition Services, was recently honored with a “Ya Done Good” award for solutions affecting financial procedures and systemic concerns.

Nov. 15, 2019

Logistics Information Services provides mission overview

Logistics Information Services provided an educational mission overview to DLA Disposition Services associates and other federal employees Nov 14 at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center.

Nov. 14, 2019

New Mobile Office equipment aids processing

Defense Logistics Agency employees at sites across the country began testing a new way of doing business with the recent arrival of their Mobile Office equipment.

Nov. 13, 2019

Four earn annual Battle Creek area awards

Michigan-based warfighters and civil servants were recently honored by local organizations for their contributions to national defense.

Nov. 10, 2019

Online tool makes contracting easier

Developing and executing contracts is complex work made easier recently by an online tool that lets specialists incorporate information from many sources to ensure the documents created meet agency needs and follow the relevant laws and regulations.

Nov. 8, 2019

Expo offers tips for health and recreation

Employees from DLA Disposition Services and other Defense Logistics Agency personnel based in Battle Creek, Michigan, learned more about sports and recreation opportunities at a Nov. 7 expo.

Nov. 6, 2019

Veterans Day program focuses on building history, suicide prevention

The Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center’s Veterans Day program took place today with James Doelling, director of the Battle Creek, Michigan V.A. Medical Center serving as guest speaker. Doelling’s presentation in part focused on preventing veteran suicide. “It’s preventable by you,” he said while pointing to members of the audience. “Reach out to someone who looks like they are having a rough time,” he said.