DLA Europe And Africa News

Category: Headquarters

Jonathan Connell, CEO, and Todd Daughtry, COO, co-owners of veteran-owned small business C & C Containers, LLC meet in their Albany, Georgia, warehouse with Georgia PTAC Procurement Counselor Bridget Bennett to discuss product packaging and marking requirements for shipment of medical supplies.

Dec. 19, 2017

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Buying warfighters’ supplies from smaller companies boosts DLA’s industrial base and the U.S. economy.

District Technology Supervisor Ryan Stockton of Ohio’s Minford Local School District shakes the hand of DLA Disposition Services Property Disposal Specialist Cindy Anderson as he prepares to load up 1,300 excess laptops that no longer met DoD security requirements.

Dec. 19, 2017

Keyboards for Classrooms

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA supports the DoD Computers for Learning program by providing computers to local schools.

Dec. 19, 2017

A Look at DLA's People and Culture Plan

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The new DLA People and Culture Plan shows how people are the heart of the agency.

Members of the Texas National Guard in Houston rescue stranded residents in flooded areas from the storms of Hurricane Harvey.

Dec. 19, 2017

Providers in the Storms

DLA provided crucial support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Coast Guard, National Guard units, local law enforcement and the military services as they helped victims of the Fall 2017 hurricanes.

several IT innovation projects developed by employees are moving forward in development.

Dec. 18, 2017

Idea contest paves way for IT innovation

Sara Moore — DLA Information Operations’ first innovation-idea contest wrapped up in November with the final senior-leader review of the pilot projects, but the benefits of those projects and lessons learned will carry forward as the organization continues its innovation journey.

Continuous improvement at DLA is about more than just process, touching on every employee through four phases.

Dec. 15, 2017

Continuous improvement: the path to process excellence

Continuous improvement is how DLA improves business processes and delivers optimal outcomes while maintaining customer focus; to that end, a new manual describes how that effort now focuses on more than just process.

DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams addresses awardees and audience members Dec. 12, 2017, at the 50th annual DLA Employee Recognition Awards Ceremony.

Dec. 13, 2017

People, teams celebrated for going extra mile in 50th annual Employee Recognition Awards

A total of 43 individuals and 13 teams received 56 awards at the 50th annual Defense Logistics Agency Employee Recognition Awards ceremony, Dec. 12 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

DLA and USTRANSCOM work together to provide the warfighter and other customers needed items around the world.

Dec. 13, 2017

DLA, USTRANSCOM may soon benefit from fusion of commercial, gov transportation system

A major partner organization of the Defense Logistics Agency announced it has successfully completed a test run of a transportation system that could give DLA and its customers additional options for supplying the warfighter and other customers.

Dec. 6, 2017

Employee with family struck by hurricane sees DLA difference firsthand

A DLA employee with family in Puerto Rico saw firsthand how the agency helps provide the critical items Americans need when struck by disaster.

Nov. 24, 2017

DLA Energy receives Department of Energy contracting award

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — The Department of Energy recognized Defense Logistics Agency Energy Installation Energy with the 2017 Federal Energy and Water Management Contracting Award at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. The ceremony honored 27 individuals and teams across 11 federal and Department of Defense organizations.