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# Partnerships, innovation enable medical material availability

/ Published Dec. 9, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, 
Vendors rolling out new items they want to sell to the Defense Department need stock numbers assigned to those supplies so customers and government systems have a common reference. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Medical Supplier Support Team normally handles this for items like surgical and hospital equipment.When the nation’s market for personal protective equipment and specialized testing equipment for COVID-19 boomed with new manufacturers and items, the job got busy – fast. The team responded by finding a faster way in March to assign stock numbers so acquisitions could take place in hours instead of days, allowing defense and federal partners to quickly take advantage of new offerings.“We were trying to catalog material and help buyers as fast as possible, because if we didn’t do it, we’d lose the material,” Supply Support Division Chief Maryann Bickel said.Acquisition specialists normally can’t award contracts for new items without a national stock number. But since the NSN creation process wasn’t fast enough for the demand, Bickel’s team used a lesser-known process to create local stock numbers in just one hour.LSNs aren’t widely used because of the manual work required to process them compared to the more automated processes of NSN-coded items, said Thomas Heleniak, a medical tailored vendor logistics specialist.“We had to jump in and figure out how to work the new ordering process for LSNs,” he said. “It came down to the team – with help from the folks in our Electronic Catalog Division – reviewing and manually processing online orders twice a day.”Once an order is created in ECAT with LSN-coded items, the digital “cart” is suspended since it’s built to process only NSN orders. The ECAT team then sends the list of suspended carts to Heleniak’s team for processing.Coordination between DLA Troop Support and DLA Distribution to get material moving is no small task, Bickel added.“The tracking effort is massive,” she said. “In the beginning, we would meet five times a week to update all info and orders between us and DLA Distribution. Now it’s down to three. But at any given time, we could track where an order was in our process.”Order tracing has been key in meeting priority orders and shipments determined by the Defense Medical Logistics Priority Allocation Board, she continued.“We didn’t have infinite materiel, but there were almost infinite orders,” Heleniak said. “COVID was really popping up everywhere, and prioritization was more important than ever. We had to make sure the items went where they were needed it most, and the PAB made those calls.”Bickel said she was surprised and humbled by the level of teamwork by DLA employees, PAB members and customers.“We all just rolled up our sleeves and worked together as one big team,” Bickel said.For their success, Bickel and her team were awarded the DLA Director’s Strategic Goal Award for the third quarter of 2020.
Worker Pesticide Safety Training Verification Card Order Report, June 3, 2010

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6,000 4,000 Walter Padilla Agrological Laboratory PR Dept. Agriculture 7 Carr. 693

4,500 5,000 Faye Golden Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries 1445 Federal Drive

30,000 80,000 Jack Peterson Arizona Department of Agriculture 1688 West Adams Street

5,000 5,000 Jason Robertson Arkansas State Plant Board P.O. Box 1069

90,000 Natalya Eagan California Dept. of Pesticide Reg. PML-3118C 1001 I Street, PO Box 4015

3,000 3,000 Tammy Lark Lognion Clemson University Dept. of Pesticide Regulation 511 Westinghouse Road

500 1,000 Thia Walker Colorado State University Dept BSPM

75 75 Nevlin Williams DPNR Division of Environmental Protection #45 Mars Hill

3,000 6,000 Sonia Cotto Febo Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 14101 NW HWY 441 Suite 200

100 500 Gerald Kirbach Illinois Department of Agriculture PO Box 19281

12,000 0 Marty Pousson Louisiana Dept. of Agriculture & Food OFFICE OF AES

0 4,000 Rob Hofstetter Maryland Department of Agriculture Pesticide Regulation Section

2,000 23,400 Sergio Morales-Monroy NCDA@CS Structural and Pesticide Section 2109 Blue Ridge Road

2,000 2,000 Sean Gephart Nevada Department of Agriculture 405 South 21st Street

1,000 3,000 Anthony Lamanno NYSDEC Pesticides Compliance Section 625 Broadway

500 0 Brad Berven South Dakota Department of Agriculture 523 East Capitol Avenue

200 1,000 Drew Matthews Utah Dept. of Agriculture PO Box 146500

10,000 12,000 Micah Raub VDACS, Office of Pesticide Services PO Box 1163

100 100 Anne Macmillan Vermont Agency of Agriculture 116 State St.

100 200 Hank Uhden Wyoming Dept. of Agriculture 2219 Carey Avenue

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Cheyenne WY 82002-0100 huhden@state.wy.us

401 Fort Road Toppenish WA 98948 marco@yakama.com

1 Potomac Yard Building Arlington VA 222202 moore.gibbs@epa.gov
#  Black History Month Spotlight: Army Col. Carl Eric Mason Sr.

/ Published Feb. 10, 2020
FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, 
*Editor’s note: The Defense Logistics Agency recognizes February as Black History Month. To honor the contributions of African-American employees, DLA is highlighting those who work daily to support the agency’s global mission.*

**My name is:** Army Col. Carl Eric Mason Sr.

**I am:** A leader, soldier and mentor currently serving as DLA’s first Agency Synchronization Operations Center Division chief

Describe your job in a sentence: As ASOC division chief, I oversee the development of logistics operations and plans. I am also responsible for all things related to business operations, current operations, future operations, operational planning/exercise support and mission support for deployed DLA personnel.

**How long have you worked at DLA?** I have been serving at DLA for almost two years and was selected by DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams after graduating from Senior Service College at the National Defense University.

**What is your favorite thing about working for DLA?** My favorite thing about DLA is I have served with the most diverse, skilled and agile workforce of any of my assignments in over 20 years of service. The success of any organization is mainly dependent on its ability to achieve a high-performing, results-driven culture and sustain that culture no matter what enemy we face. Even in an organization of over 26,000 professionals, everyone is a vital part to the agency’s recipe of success.

**What are your best memories of working here?** My best memory is building and developing the ASOC, the biggest change in DLA in the last 20 years. The ASOC has representatives from across DLA Headquarters directorates and major subordinate commands serving either remotely or on station where they synchronize DLA’s efforts supporting an array of missions. Those include routine requirements, business focused challenges such as Operations Agency Resolve and contingency responses including hurricane relief operations and support to military units and federal agencies conducting operations along the Southwest border.

**How do you make a difference?** I make a difference every day by being one of the director’s drum majors, leading and taking our agency to the next level of support by improving military readiness, strengthening alliances and bringing about business reforms.

**What does Black History Month mean to you?** When I answer this questions I use an acronym that describes my meaning: WORK.

W-WORTHO- OPPORTUNITY R- ReminisceK- Knowledge

As a proud African-American leader, I arm myself with the knowledge of my worth to society and reminisce on all the opportunities I have now because others who came before me fought and carried the blood-stained banner of justice for all mankind. Every month is Black History Month because truly it just history, and the great men and women who led change should be incorporated into our education system so their legacies can live on for generations to come.
# Sharing Utilities Privatization lessons learned

/ Published Sept. 9, 2019
DENVER, Colorado, 
When military installations leverage utilities privatization, they shift from the role of owner-operator to utility services customers and obtain reliable, technologically-current utility systems at a relatively lower cost than they would under continued government ownership. 

During the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2019 Energy Exchange in Denver, Colorado, Aug. 20-22, Utilities Privatization, or UP, was a major topic of discussion.   

“Utility services contracts under the UP program build a strong backbone of reliability for the utilities on an installation and, in turn, pave the road to resilience,” said DLA Energy Utilities Services Deputy Director Laurie Carlson. “UP leverages industry expertise and private investment to obtain utility systems that are more secure, resilient, safe, efficient and capable.”

During the “Utilities Privatization:  Are You Committed?” panel, Carlson and two utilities privatization system owners discussed UP challenges and benefits.

Managing UP programs, which are often up to 50-year utility services contracts, takes commitment from both the government and industry. The panel discussed feedback systems to support continuous improvement of processes, practices, and results/outcomes in support of the UP program, Carlson said.

“While the UP program has challenges – such as how to structure cybersecurity implementation and compliance requirements and complete complex pricing adjustments – the government is committed,” she said. “The stakeholders, including DLA Energy, use various methods to find resolutions to these and more challenges.”  

Carlson talked about ongoing, regular industry engagement, government-wide collaboration on policies and practices through the Office of Secretary of Defense UP Working Group, post-conveyance reviews, Government Accountability Office reviews, Department of Defense UP Post-Award Workshops, and broad system performance metrics.

Carlson and the DLA Energy Utility Services team assist the military services by providing contract and technical support. 

“DLA Energy’s Utility Services has an experienced team of contract specialists working exclusively on UP solicitations and contracts that have assured consistency across the Military Services’ UP Program by the development of templates, SOPs, manuals, processes and procedures,” Carlson said.  

The 2019 Energy Exchange’s theme was “Be Efficient and Resilient,” which Carlson said falls right in line with UP program goals of reliability and resilience.

“It was a great, open, and honest discussion that continues our collaborative commitment to building a strong, viable, and sustainable UP program,” she concluded.
No. 12-8220.

#### Rodriguez *v.*Chappius, Superintendent, Elmira Correctional Facility.

C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.
# Troop Support commander encourages open, candid dialogue with American clothing, textiles manufacturers

/ Published March 1, 2019
PHILADELPHIA, 
Warfighter support, strong partnerships and performance were key objectives of the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s fiscal 2019 campaign plan, the commander discussed with American clothing and textiles manufacturers Feb. 27.

Army Brig. Gen Mark Simerly and Clothing and Textiles supply chain senior leaders hosted industry representatives to encourage open and candid dialogue about the parties’ integrated mission of warfighter support, Simerly said. Simerly referenced the campaign plan to illustrate how industry contributes to DLA Troop Support’s mission.

“We’re constantly looking to industry to inform us of where there are opportunities to innovate with our internal processes that affect you,” Simerly said to industry representatives. “Or if there’s innovation in terms of products or manufacturing we should be aware of that could benefit the [military] services.”

Innovation was a key theme of discussion as C&T Director Air Force Col. Melvin Maxwell also mentioned how industry representatives can help Troop Support balance customer requirements for items and adequate inventory levels in the long-term.

“We’re looking at this from a DLA perspective as we move forward,” Maxwell said. “How we do business, and being able to innovate as we go forward ... how do we rely on industry to be as nimble as possible to ensure we meet the requirements we have while also increasing inventory levels?” 

Simerly encouraged industry partners to continuously provide Troop Support feedback throughout the year.

“We want to hear from you on how we can support our common mission better, and also how we can support all of the industries that you represent and American workers,” Simerly said. “You help us see ourselves and certainly help us see the industry, and we certainly value the input,” Simerly said.

Industry attendees included representatives from the National Council of Textile Organizations, Warrior Protection & Readiness Coalition and the American Apparel and Footwear Association.

“It’s amazing what we’ve accomplished with the open transparency [Troop Support] shares,” Erik Cobham, NCTO government textile committee co-chair, said.

John Key, Source America senior products account executive, said he was proud to be a part of the warfighter support supply chain.

“We appreciate the partnership and support we feel with DLA Troop Support, and also our industry partners,” Key said. “We’re a part of the supply chain and very interested in working as a part of that supply chain to meet the needs of the warfighter. And we’re very proud of that position.”
#### Beachland Development Company, a corporation, *Appellant,*vs. Axel Peterson, *Appellee.*

145 So. 837.

Division B.

Decision filed January 9, 1933.

Petition for rehearing denied February 6, 1933.

*Jamies O. Watson,*for Appellant;

*R. B. Ellis, Jr.,*for Appellee.

Per Curiam.

This cause having heretofore been submitted to the Court upon the transcript of the record of the decree herein, and briefs and argument of counsel for the respective parties, and the record having been seen and inspected, and the Court being now advised of *659its judgment to be given in the premises, it seems to the Court that there is no error in the said decree; it is, therefore, considered, ordered and decreed by the Court that the said decree of the Circuit Court be, and the same is hereby affirmed.

Whitfield, P.J., and Terrell and Davis, J.J., concur.
#### Mary A. LaFemina et al., Appellants, v Edison Brambell et al., Respondents. (And a Third-Party Action.)

[767 NYS2d 795]—

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Dunne, J.), dated October 9, 2002, as granted the motion of the defendant Incorporated Village of Hempstead for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it, and the separate motion of the defendants Eddison Brambell (sued herein as Edison Brambell), Larayne Enterprises, and North Franklin Management Corp. for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against them.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs payable to the defendants appearing separately and filing separate briefs.

At her deposition, the injured plaintiff claimed that she slipped and fell on a portion of a sidewalk used as a driveway by the abutting landowner defendants Eddison Brambell (sued herein as Edison Brambell), Larayne Enterprises, and North Franklin Management Corp. However, the defect she identified in a photograph as the one she tripped on was not in the area where she claimed she had been walking. Under the circumstances, the plaintiffs failed to produce sufficient evidence regarding the nature and location of the alleged defect to allow a jury to consider this issue without having to resort to conjecture or speculation *(see e.g. Visconti v 110 Huntington Assoc.,*272 AD2d 320 [2000]; *Moody v Woolworth Co.,*288 AD2d 446 [2001]; *McGee v City of New York,*252 AD2d 483 [1998]). Since the cause of the accident was speculative, summary judgment was properly granted to all of the defendants.

The plaintiffs’ remaining contentions are without merit. McGinity, J.P., Luciano, Schmidt and Rivera, JJ., concur.
Chaplain Wichman visits Distribution Headquarters
 
  By Brianne M. Bender, DLA Distribution Command Affairs
  DLA Chaplain Army Col. Robert Wichman visited the New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Distribution headquarters April 3. Wichman sat down with DLA Distribution Deputy Chief of Staff, Stacy Umstead, who provided him with an organizational overview of the global network of 24 distribution centers—explaining the process of receiving, storing and distributing supplies to troops, foreign military allies and intergovernmental partners. Additionally, Wichman met with Distribution Commanding Officer Navy Rear Adm. Kevin M. Jones, taking the opportunity to introduce himself and discuss how he can support Distribution in the future. Before visiting headquarters, Wichman toured DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania’s, Eastern Distribution Center to view the process of shipments of palm crosses, purchased by Troop Support for Palm Sunday services around the globe. Reflecting on the visit, Umstead said, “I appreciate Chaplain Wichman visiting the organization. His visit allowed us to show him how various commodities that he touches upon move through our organization and on to the customer.”
#### Barton Mark Perlbinder et al., Appellants, v Board of Managers of the East 53rd Street Condominium, Respondent.

[62 NYS3d 110]

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Shirley Werner Kornreich, J.), entered May 24, 2016, bringing up for review an order, same court and Justice, entered April 21, 2016, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on its first, second, third and fifth counterclaims; ordered and declared that plaintiffs have an immediate obligation to repair existing damage in the garage unit at 411 East 53rd Street in Manhattan, to cure all issued and outstanding violations, and to maintain the garage unit; denied plaintiffs’ motion to amend their answer to defendant’s counterclaims; and, upon renewal, denied plaintiffs’ prior motion for summary judgment on their *468complaint and on the first, second, third and fifth counterclaims; and bringing up for review an order, same court and Justice, entered on or about July 21, 2014, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, with costs. Appeal from the aforesaid orders, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as subsumed in the appeal from the judgment.

This appeal was timely filed, despite the fact that the initial notice of appeal was returned by the Clerk due to an error and was not refiled until more than 30 days later. The initial filing was sufficient for jurisdictional purposes, and the correction was not consequential *(see*CPLR 5520 [c]). Moreover, plaintiffs filed their pre-argument statement and the orders that are the subject of the appeal at the same time as the initial notice of appeal, thus providing defendant with notice *(see*22 NYCRR 202.5-b *[f\*[2] [ii]).

Supreme Court correctly concluded that plaintiffs were responsible for maintenance of the garage, given their judicial admission in their answer to the counterclaims that they were the sole owners of the unit and were entitled to exclusive possession of it; an August 13, 2012 letter from their counsel to defendant asserting their ownership of the garage; and article 6 (c) of the declaration and section 5.1 (A) (i) of the bylaws.

Supreme Court also correctly found that, based on plaintiffs’ admissions, the damages to the garage resulted from salt and chlorides tracked into it by vehicles, and that plaintiffs had made minimal effort over the years to maintain or repair it.

Plaintiffs’ request for leave to amend their answer to defendant’s counterclaims is denied as moot.

We have considered plaintiffs’ remaining arguments and find them unavailing.

Concur — Richter, J.P., Gische, Kapnick, Kahn and Kern, JJ.
# DLA sees supplier favorability rise in 3 of 4 categories in 2020 survey

/ Published March 30, 2021
FORT BELVOIR, Va., 
Early results of a 2020 survey that measures suppliers’ experience doing business with the Defense Logistics Agency during contract solicitation and post-award processes show positive improvements in attitudes in three of four overarching areas. 

The DLA Supplier Survey measures 17 factors in four categories: communications, effectiveness, supplier relationships, and growth and profit potential. 

“Our trends are up from the 2018 survey in all areas except growth and profit potential, which measures how suppliers see us as a business opportunity,” DLA Ombudsman Tim Stark said. “The slight dip there can probably be attributed to some of the challenges we’ve had in the past year with the funding environment and pandemic.”

The biggest improvement was seen in innovation followed by timeliness. Over 8,100 suppliers were invited Nov. 12 to complete the anonymous survey, which closed March 18. The response rate was 34% compared to 38% in 2018, with 81% of participants being small businesses; 16%, large businesses and 3%, non-profits. The demographics closely match those of the previous survey and allows for close comparison between the two, Stark said.

DLA Acquisition officials at DLA Headquarters are breaking down results by supply chain to share with major subordinate commands in the next couple weeks. Results will be used to drive improvements like those made following the 2018 survey. DLA Aviation invested more resources in post-award reporting, for example, and DLA Energy recently debuted an industry newsletter that features upcoming procurement opportunities and demand information planning. 

Modernizing acquisition and supply chain management is one of five lines of effort featured in the upcoming DLA Strategic Plan for 2021-2026, Stark added. Strengthening supplier relationships is expected to aid those efforts and ensure a diverse industrial base. 

DLA will also present survey results to suppliers in a May 5 webinar with industry leaders.
# New food kiosk opens at Fort Campbell

/ Published Feb. 5, 2021
PHILADELPHIA, 
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Jan. 28 for the brand new Army Outpost food kiosk at Fort Campbell in Kentucky.

The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support worked with the Army’s Joint Culinary Center of Excellence and prime vendors to establish the kiosk at the base.

Customers will be able to get fresh, ready-to-go items at the kiosk, including sandwiches, salads, and heat-and-go entrée items. A total of 152 patrons visited the kiosk on its first day.

This is the eighth kiosk to open as part of the Army’s food modernization project, which also includes a fleet of food trucks stationed in the United States and around the world.