They provide family support during deployments. The Washington-based Military Family Resource Center publishes the quarterly Military Family Newsletter, sent to about 13,000 policy makers, program managers, researchers and service providers worldwide. The center also offers the Military Family Clearinghouse, a collection of research information on military families. It has information to help community officials design, support or expand programs and activities in support of military families' quality of life. It also features a database with more than 10,000 records related to military family issues.
Plans call for making center materials available on the Internet.
Alternative Work Schedules DoD officials estimate about half the DoD work force is working under some form of alternative work schedule. This policy includes flexible and compressed works schedules. Each is an adjustment to the traditional fixed schedules of eight hours per day, five days per week, which begins and ends at the same time each day. A flexible work schedule is a biweekly work requirement that allows employees to set their own schedule within tour of duty limits set by the organization. For example, an employee may work eight 10-hour days and have two days off per pay period.