Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation

Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation

Seal of OLDCC
Agency overview
Formed	1961; 63 years ago (1961) (as Office of Economic Adjustment), became OLDCC on January 1, 2021
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States, mainly near US military bases
Headquarters	Arlington, Virginia 38°49′14″N 77°3′2″W / 38.82056°N 77.05056°W / 38.82056; -77.05056
Agency executive	Patrick J. O'Brien, Director of the OLDCC[1]
Parent department	United States Department of Defense
Website	oldcc.gov

The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC), formerly the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA), is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) 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

The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation provides technical and financial assistance (referred to as economic adjustment assistance) to states and local communities supporting the mission of the Department of Defense. Such aid is intended to enhance the resiliency and readiness of defense installations and their surrounding communities.^[2]

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.

OLDCC operates several programs of assistance aimed at helping local defense-supporting communities:[10]

• 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.^[11]
• Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program (DMCSP): Supports long-term community investments in national security innovation and defense manufacturing industrial ecosystem capability expansion (i.e. funding research and development in defense-critical technologies).^[12]
• 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, endangered species management, energy security threats, etc.^[13]
• 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
  military bases. Despite their location, these schools are operated by 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 private and public investment, and support affected workers and businesses.^[14]

Organization

OLDCC is a Department of Defense field activity under the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD); more specifically, within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)),^[2] and under the purview of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment.

While headquartered in

The Director of OLDCC is, by statute, appointed by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and must be a 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.^[7] The director serves ex officio as Executive Director of the Economic Adjustment Committee, a body composed of various federal department heads and other agency leaders or their representatives that coordinates interagency economic assistance in response to Defense program changes.^[9][15]

The current director is Patrick O'Brien, an

The Economic Adjustment Committee (EAC) is a body composed of various federal department heads and other agency leaders (or their designees) that coordinates interagency economic assistance in response to 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 presidential cabinet, the EAC's current roster of 22 is as follows:

• Secretary of Agriculture
• Attorney General (head of the Department of Justice)
• Secretary of Commerce
• Secretary of Defense
• Secretary of Education
• Secretary of Energy
• Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
• Secretary of the Interior
• Secretary of Labor
• Secretary of State
• Secretary of Transportation
• Secretary of the Treasury
• Secretary of Veterans Affairs
• Secretary of Homeland Security
• Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
• Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
• Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA)
• Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA)
• USPS)^[9][15]

Additionally, the Director of the Office of the Local Defense Community Cooperation serves as the EAC's Executive Director[9]^[15]

References

External links

• Official website