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From left, right and center, analysts beg DoD to tackle overhead costs
In an open letter to congressional leaders and to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, a broad array of military scholars argue the cost of running the Pentagon bureaucracy soon will crowd out the spending necessary to fight and win wars.
Tags: DoD , budget , military compensation , BRAC , workforce , Jared Serbu , Larry Korb , Gordon Adams , Center for American Progress , Todd Harrison , Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments , Stimson Center , Brookings Institution , David Berteau , Mackenzie Eaglen , American Enterprise Institute
Budget constraints challenge State's continued presence in Middle East
The fiscal 2013 budget leaves uncertainty about U.S. operations in Iraq, as the mission shifts from the Defense Department to the State Department.
Tags: Stephanie Sanok , DoD , State , Iraq , Afghanistan , diplomacy , budget , Federal Drive
House, Senate cyber plans have much in common
James Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies says the strategies of the chambers differ but the policies are actually similar.
Tags: James Lewis , cybersecurity , technology , In Depth , Congress , House , Senate
A look at the cyber-road ahead for Howard Schmidt
We spoke with Jim Lewis, who leads the the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Jim Lewis ,
Defense bill nudges toward outsourcing
Several outsourcing-friendly provisions made their way into the Defense authorization bill approved by the House of Representatives last week. The bill would lift a moratorium on public-private competitions via the A-76 process in DoD, and expresses the sense of Congress that DoD should insource only those jobs which are inherently governmental.
Tags: DoD , contracting , industry , OMB , inherently governmental , insourcing , outsourcing , A-76 , competition , Lexington Institute , Defense Logistics Agency , Carlyle Group , Frank Finelli , David Berteau , John Conger , Redding Hobby , Dan Goure , Jared Serbu
Insourcing vs. outsourcing in the defense sector
Insourcing versus outsourcing - the debate continues. David Berteau is Senior Adviser and Director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, Center for Strategic and International Studies and he joins Francis Rose in today's DoD Report.
Tags: In Depth , Defense , DoD Report , David Berteau ,
Slow cyber progress puts critical infrastructure at risk
Even in a year in which the Stuxnet attack targeted critical infrastructure systems and attacks on grid operators rose dramatically, operators of critical infrastructure around the world took few steps to increase their cyber defenses, a new report found.
Tags: technology , management , cybersecurity , critical infrastructure , Stuxnet , McAfee , DHS , White House , FERC , Michael Peters , Stewart Baker , Jared Serbu , Cybersecurity Update
Gadhafi can't be trusted with cease-fire agreement
Richard Downie, deputy director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Tags: Richard Downie , Africa Program , Moammar Gadhafi , Libya
Using strategic reserves should be collaborative move
Alan Hegburg, senior fellow in the Energy and National Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Tags: Alan Hegburg , strategic reserves , Libya , oil
