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The New Deal

Modernizing Non-Public Property Administration
At the 18 September 2007 Non-Public Property Board (NPPB) meeting, the CFPSA Chief Financial Officer (CFO) indicated that the current NPP funding, management and operational arrangements for Morale and Welfare (MW) programs and activities and NPP capital infrastructure do not assure that CF members, former members and their families have equitable and enduring access to NPP MW programs wherever they serve. 

In January 2008, the majority of Base and Wing Commanders agreed that the current funding distribution method and capital expenditure management model were not efficient and did not support a level playing field. 

As a result, the CDS promulgated the New Deal Study Directive on 24 October 2008.


New Deal Study Areas


Steering Committee
The New Deal Steering Committee was established and chaired by Assoc DGPFSS to include a representative from each of the EC staffs and ADM (Fin CS). The purpose of the Steering Committee was to establish the priority of work and oversee its completion.

The Steering Committee developed the definition of equitability.

The Steering Committee decided that Funding Distribution and Reporting/Performance Measures would be the first two issues to be examined and it created a separate Working Group for each one.


New Deal Tiger Team
In March 2010, a New Deal Tiger Team (authorised by the NPP Board at its Feb 2010 meeting) comprised of representatives from all three Environments provided recommendations concerning all Study Areas of the New Deal.

The recommendations of the Tiger Team were presented at the Base and Wing Commanders Forum in April 2010. A fulsome discussion of the New Deal occured at the Forum with agreement reached on a number of themes.


Update to the NPP Board
An update concerning the New Deal study directive was provided to the NPP Board on 26 May 2010.


NPP Activity Matrix
From May - August 2010, the NPP Activity Matrix was populated itemizing all the programs and services available at each location in all four areas of NPP concern (Financial Well-Being, Caring, Social Opportunities and Retail Goods and Services).


OUTCAN NPP Modernization
In November 2010, DGPFSS began examining OUTCAN New Deal issues in co-ordination with VCDS Staff resulting in the promulgation of the COS VCDS letter, 7331-1 (OUTCAN Coord) dated 19 April 2011. The scope of the study includes the review of all aspects of NPP for the Formations in Europe and the USA, as well as to CF personnel and their families who are stationed around the globe. Findings and recommendations are to be provided to the VCDS not later than 15 October 2011. 


NPP Capital Program and Specialty Interest Operations
On 3 February 2011, the New Deal Steering Committee agreed that the NPP capital program and Specialty Interest operations would be the next issues to be addressed. This will encompass the development of a NPP capital plan, a review / rationalization of the existing CFCF loans and the operation of Specialty Interest facilities.


Update to AFC
An update concerning the New Deal was provided to the Armed Forces Council on 31 March 2011 and the plan was endorsed by the CDS.