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DoD mandates use of online tools for cost estimates
Beginning in February, all Defense Department components will be required to use new online tools to generate cost estimates for "any new proposal or initiative, large or small." Secretary Robert Gates in a memo urged DoD employees to start using the online tools now.
Tags: management , DoD , Robert Gates , Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation , defense spending , Jared Serbu
New consumer agency will have DoD component
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency will include an office dedicated to helping members of the armed forces. It will be led by Holly Petraeus, wife of the commander of forces in Afghanistan.
Tags: management , DoD , CFPA , Elizabeth Warren , Holly Petraeus , Jared Serbu
Operating costs will eat into DoD efficiency savings
While each of the military services will have access to money freed up by Defense Secretary Robert's Gates efficiency initiative, they will not be able to use it all on new capabilities as he originally intended.
Tags: Robert Gates , DoD , budget , pay and benefits , Mike Mullen , Jared Serbu
Obama signs Defense authorization bill
Despite what he called 'strong objections' to limitations in the bill on the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees, President Obama on Friday signed the 2011 defense authorization bill
Tags: DoD , Barack Obama , Defense authorization bill , Guantanamo Bay , Jared Serbu
JFCOM rebranding, downsizing, but not closing
A memorandum signed by the president Thursday night gives DoD the green light to formally shut down the Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said about half the command's functions will stay in the Norfolk area, while Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner's office said JFCOM would be revamped and renamed.
Tags: management , DoD , JFCOM , Robert Gates , Mark Warner , Ray Odierno , Kevin Hall , DoD budget , Jared Serbu
White House to lower DoD budget request for 2012
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that the Pentagon will reduce costs by raising health care premiums of working-age military retirees.
Tags: Robert Gates , DoD , budget , pay and benefits , TRICARE , Jared Serbu
Dodaro: Financial literacy, high-risk projects top GAO priorities
Comptroller General Gene Dodaro outlines the top priorities of the Government Accountability Office now that he has been confirmed.
Tags: GAO , Gene Dodaro , accountability , oversight , financial literacy , High-Risk List , Francis Rose , In Depth
New House rules boost transparency in legislative process
Sunlight Foundation's John Wonderlich explains how the new rules will allow more public participation and input before a vote.
Tags: John Wonderlich , Sunlight Foundation , transparency , openness , bills , Dorobek Insider
Gates to detail DoD spending cuts
Defense Secretary Robert Gates was expected to spend the morning detailing for members of Congress his internal cost-cutting measures, which he said in August would save the department $100 billion over five years. Analysts said the effort was intended to preempt any budget cuts that Congress might force on the department.
Tags: DoD , management , contracting , Robert Gates , budget cuts , JFCOM , Jim McAleese , Mackenzie Eaglen , Maren Leed , Heritage Foundation , CSIS , Jared Serbu
Gates pushes against deeper DoD cuts
Reuters reports that Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to brief Congress on Thursday about the budget cuts over the next five years.
Tags: DoD Report , Robert Gates , budget , Dorobek Insider
