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The team of HYJEK & FIX, INC. and PATTON BOGGS, L.L.P. offers the combination of a first-rate base closure and realignment analysis staff with the resources of a major Washington, D.C., law firm. The team provides critical political insight and access to government decision-makers. Its members have has worked with communities across the United States on economic development issues and understand the unique dynamics and implications of the Defense Department's military basing and base realignment and closing process.
The team includes former key Base Closure Commission, Department of Defense (DOD) and congressional personnel, each with specific base closure and realignment experience. Together, working closely with partners in the client communities, the team has assisted communities to enhance the viability of their facilities as well as to prepare for base realignment and closure actions.
The team of HYJEK & FIX, INC. and PATTON BOGGS, L.L.P. is ready today to help you implement an effective strategy to maximize the positive economic impact that your military facility will have on your local communities and state and to ensure that your base or military installation is prepared to meet the challenge of the 2005 round of base closures. The team is well-positioned to assist you with all of the key aspects of base enhancement and realignment and closure prevention, as outlined below:
Proactive Support: The team is prepared to aggressively advocate on behalf of communities that contribute to the nation's long-term national security goals.
Retention: The team will explore strategies to relocate, combine and consolidate redundant missions to your installation. The team of HYJEK & FIX, INC. and PATTON BOGGS, L.L.P. understands and can leverage the advantages offered by joint missions, cross-servicing and the impact of military transformation on your installation.
Partnership: When appropriate, the team will initiate and form proactive partnerships with private firms and institutions to increase the value of specialized military installations and their missions, products and services, including labs, schools, depots and medical facilities.
Growth: Consistent with national security priorities, the team will work with your state and local communities to actively seek congressional and DOD funding to support the upgrade and growth of existing missions and facilities.
Advocate Early: In coordination with the community, the team will develop a comprehensive contact plan that will include a community outreach campaign to touch the key decision-makers early in the process.
Advocate Often: The team's Washington, D.C., presence provides local outreach capability to key decision-makers on Capitol Hill, at DOD, and in the military services.
Advocate Smartly: The team will focus on the appropriate and key decision-makers who can affect real and positive change.
Key Discriminators: The team understands why candidates were selected for past base realignment and closure actions and what has happened since. The team of HYJEK & FIX, INC. and PATTON BOGGS, L.L.P. will work closely with your community to identify your key discriminators early in the process and to communicate them to the correct decision-makers.
Changing Dynamics: The team understands that the 2005 round of base realignments and closures will not be a carbon copy of the previous four rounds. The team of HYJEK & FIX, INC. and PATTON BOGGS, L.L.P. will closely track and analyze the the structures of the Defense Department's base study process, the metrics used in these studies, and such additional elements as the impact of cross-servicing and privatization initiatives.
The team of HYJEK & FIX, INC. and PATTON BOGGS, L.L.P. is committed to a long-term partnership designed to advise your community on the best methods to maximize the utility, relevance and cost-efficiency of your local military facilities. Working together, the team's goal is to make your local installation a cornerstone of the nation's national security architecture.
