European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 27, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 cuts urged in Dodds management jobs probes want of least 74 posts eliminated by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington the department of defense dependents schools should Cut at least 74 management jobs during the next three years to reduce Over staffing an army manpower study has concluded. The report was compiled after the office of Force management and personnel which oversees Dodds requested a Survey of resources above the school level in july. These include chief school administrator offices regional offices and the Headquarters in Washington where Dodds employs about 750 people. Steve Motta Dodds Deputy director said school officials had reviewed the recommendations attached their comments and sent the study Back to the director of dependents schools policy in the Pentagon. Motta said that the report is a draft and that it would be inappropriate to discuss an internal working paper. The director of the policy office Marine col. De gaucher was out of town Friday and could not be reached for comment. Other conclusions by manpower specialists who have been working on the study for at least three months Are duplication should be ended in serv ices offered by both Dodds and the 7th medical come for children with special education needs. The study cited the 7th medical come s significant medical diag Nostic and treatment program and army efforts in social work psychology behaviour modification speech therapy and related services. Twenty spaces outside of schools could be saved from fiscal 1986 to 1988 by ending that duplication. Immediate consideration should be Given to requiring Dodds to take Over some civilian personnel office functions now provided by the military under interservice support agreements that involve 1,200 Man Power resources. That could result in Cut Ting More than 50 Man year equivalent spaces saving $1.08 million by the end of the 1987 fiscal year. Long Range recommendations the report said Dodds and Dod should considerate consolidating the Atlantic and Mediterranean regions and placing the new regional Headquarters in London. This change would save an estimated 30 spaces and $765,000. Forming a european nato re Gion. This Region would provide better control Over schools and allocation of resources although it also would cause major organizational  consolidating at the Dodds head quarters in Washington the curriculum development now done in the regions. This would save 20 manpower spaces and $510,000 by mid fiscal 1987. The study also had two suggestions for the military assigning parents of children with handicaps to locations overseas where Dodds has special personnel equipment and facilities for such children. Having military departments help Dodds plan its construction and hiring by coordinating changes in Force Structure or stationing. In manpower matters the study called for a 12 percent reduction 17 spaces in the 142-member Dodds Headquarters staff in fiscal 1986 and 1987 to save an estimated $2 million. The authors said the cuts would leave room for growth in any Headquarters staff areas that might need More personnel. The manpower specialists found that Only five of 48 Over hire positions jobs that exceed the authorized number in regional offices could be justified. They called for eliminating the rest saving $645,000 by sept. 30, the end of this fiscal year. Ten More spaces could be saved by fiscal 1990 if the Small Panama Region were downgraded to a mini Region the study said. The concept of the chief school adminis Trator or sub regional offices is valid but the study also said that 14 spaces in these offices could be Cut in fiscal 1987 and 1988. One Dodds official who asked not to be identified said any personnel reductions resulting from the study probably would have Little Impact on Dodds. The reductions would be made As part of budget cuts already required by the Gramm Rudman deficit reduction Law he said. The study might help to show where savings could be made. In addition in announcing where Gramm Rudman cuts would fall Dodds officials largely have picked non staff areas. Beth Stephens Dodds director pledged that where possible personnel Cut backs would be managed by Normal retire ment and other attrition not reductions in Force the official said. Meanwhile some recommendations such As taking on the responsibility for person Nel finance and Supply operations would increase Dodds staff not reduce it he said. Jack Rollins president of the overseas education association said the report appeared to confirm his belief that staffing increases which Are linked by formula to increases in enrolment have not translated proportionally to More classroom teachers. The increases he said have been in specialists such As Counselor or physical Edu cation teachers or clerical or other staff members. That is because in part enrol ment has increased much faster than the school system could build classrooms. The sea teacher Union represents about two thirds of Dodds 9,500 teachers. Rollins said he also was concerned about parts of the report that he feared could Lead to increased military control of the school system. He referred to a suggestion that a single defense Agency could Lake Over Dodds personnel finance and Supply functions As an alternative to the school system s support agreements with the military services. The Union was the prime supporter of legis lation since repealed that would have transferred Dodds to the department of education. The study estimated a potential for Sav ing 300 manpower spaces within the de sense department and $4.5 million. One example of How this would be done is if responsibility for Dodds personnel or Supply operations changed. But the study said any such dramatic changes should be carefully planned and phased in Over one to five years to minimize disruption capitalize on Normal attrition and maintain the Quality of education. The study found that Quality to be High. While recommending manpower reductions to Dodds to improve or streamline its operations and efficiency the study found an excellent educational system with dedicated hard working professionals at All Levels the authors wrote. In detailing Cost saving measures the study said $300,000 15 Man year equivalents could be saved by the end of fiscal 1987 if Dodds took on More of its finance and accounting work. Dodds also could be required to do More of the ordering of textbooks and other supplies now being done by the defense logistics Agency the study said. The Esti mated saving was 50 Man year equivalents in Supply and procurement Fields. In general Dodds executives Monitor these functions carried out by military agencies. Sometimes Dodds has the Abil Ity to do the work itself the study said. Italy France hiking defences along coastline Paris a Italy has joined France in installing new missiles and anti aircraft defences along its South Ern coastline defense sources said Friday. The defense sources speaking on condition of anonymity said Italy and France began setting up the mis Siles along their Mediterranean coasts monday and tuesday. The sources provided no further details concerning the italian action. The French government announced thursday that it had in stalled sophisticated Roland ii mis Siles at Sites along the whole of its Mediterranean coastline directly and essentially because of the in creased tension in the area after the . Raid on Libya. French officials called the opera Tion a plan of vigilance proportional to the  italian government officials were unavailable for comment. French defense minister Andre Giraud speaking on French radio Friday said the coastal defense net was not aimed at seeking a Pardon from the United states for Frances decision not to let the , Al 1 is Fly through its airspace for the april 15 raid on Libya. I Don t accept this Way of looking at things he said. Model installation program proving to be a Success in a complicating Resac fens fives by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Neu Ulm Germany a defense department Rule ordering soldiers to Cut grass and shovel Snow within 50 feet of their fam ily quarters did t make sense to Neu Ulm s Community commander army col. Michael p. Eskew. When should the grass be Cut where is the 50-foot line what happens when a Soldier is in the Field when it s his turn to shovel Snow and Only his pregnant wife is at Home the Rule did t say. Because Neu Ulm is a Model installation program site however the Rule no longer exists. Eskew sent to Washington a suggestion to have the Rule waived allowing his maintenance staff which cuts grass and clears Snow everywhere else on the Neu Ulm posts to take care of the strips around family quarters As Well. We said the Cost of cutting the last 50 feet is minimal compared to the frustration the Rule creates he said. The defense department agreed. Rather than exempting Neu Ulm it dropped the requirement altogether. Eskew said that typifies the 16-month old Model installation program s Success in a complicating residents lives in Neu Ulm a Vii corps Community. The Hanau military Community in Ger Many Raf Lakenheath England and Rota naval station Spain Are the other Model installations in Europe. Our emphasis is not on How do you save Money " Eskew said. It s on what do we do that s dumb just because some regulation says we have to " it s the Best thing i be seen come along since i be been in the army said the Hanau commander Brig. Gen. Thomas g. Rhame. The defense department chose 24 Model installations As laboratories to look for More efficient ways of operating Mili tary communities. The program enables Community commanders to turn residents suggestions into Rule waiver requests in cases where rules seem to Burden residents pointlessly. Each request must be approved up to the level corps Usa eur army Dod or Congress where the Rule originated. Neu Ulm s requests have prompted the army to allow the installation of Small european made Kitchen appliances in the tight spaces in family quarters kitchens instead of the typically Large american ones. Neu Ulm now May lease cranes and other special purpose equipment locally in Stead of spending a lot of time and Money hauling the equipment from Distant army bases. Formerly dismissed Hanau s substitute teachers and teach ers aides formerly dismissed each june now have four year re employment con tracts. And Hanau contracts a German company to clean All family quarters when they Are vacated. We can demonstrate under this mip request that we have saved the taxpayers $52,000," Rhame said referring to the cleaning contract. He said departing Hanau families no spend less than half As much time in hotels because they Don t have to clean their quarters and the Community saves More on temporary living allowances than it spends on the contract he said. Since Many sol Diers had been paying companies to do the work Rhame added the contract also has saved them Money. Officials have denied Only 23 of Eskew s 226 requests so far and 106 have been approved. Rhame said Hanau has won approval of 90 of its 197 requests and partial approval of two More. The Community withdrew 13 requests 33 have been denied and the rest Are pending. Rhame said his Community s efforts like those of Neu Ulm have had an Impact on Dod installations elsewhere. We show about nine Active regulation changes As a result of the program he said. Some unproductive ideas both commanders admit the project has produced some unproductive ideas that were quickly abandoned. Neu Ulm submitted an improperly worded request to funnel abandoned automobile Revenue into the morale support system and got unwanted approval to turn the Money in to the . Treasury instead. Hanau asked for permission to impose a $5 Fine on people who lose a License plate. We came to the conclusion that we were Only hassling the person who lost his License plate and he did t lose it on purpose said Rhame. That was just not a Good idea. So we stopped  Rhame said the Only improvement the Model installation program itself needs is a faster Way to process requests