Executive Correspondence - To Congressman Case Page: 3 of 3
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cz Request your assistance.in trying to save our jobs here at Defense Finance and Acc
. S ic PaGifc [ocatedon Ford Island], as you probably ate aware we were on the
BRAC list of 13 May 2005. Although many people here in Hawaii were not aware, a
not named on the original list, instead our numbers were hidden' in with Naval Statio
I Wehavebeen reading newspaper articles from across the country of how the local,
_-__ia Fdelegations have been lobbying hard try and keep their DFAS sites of
* _O_-it-mt- bly Cleveland, Limestone and Rome]. Unfortunately no one has been
:o---s n-o--trg save our jobs h re at Ford Island. I realize that our numbers are small [app
200elaSmparedto Pe di Harbor Naval Shipyard, however ifiestone and Rome a
biggerthan-we are, butt eir lawmakers are doing everything within their power to k
sites open. -I .
S:Ormutomfrs depend o our excellent service. We pay vendobills, do accounting
.systemmsupport for military activities in Hawaii, Alaska, Guam and Japan. We are thi
---fl E-ASff that is 'PURPLE', work for all four services done her at DFAS-Pacific.
S that-changecwhen the workload moves to somewhere 5-6 hour head of Hawaii?
-- Somaesurvived the last round of consolidations that took p~ce over 10 years ag
DFAfistpeed. Have we realized a cost saving from se consolidations?
promising to offer every employee a job, with paid PCS [person change of station] 4
provided. How much will this cost the government? How muchiill it cost to renovat
existing buildings to accommodate more personnel?
Hope you willhelp to keep our site open. Thank you for your timi.ounting
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