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Kendall offers update on DoD's Better Buying Power Initiative
Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; and Dr. Ash Carter, Deputy Secretary of Defense, recently gave an update on the agency's Better Buying initiative at an event held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Tags: Frank Kendall , Ashton Carter , DoD , Better Buying Power initiative , acquisition , Francis Rose ,
Latest on sequestration and military budgets
On this week's edition of Pentagon Solutions, host Francis Rose looks at the latest information on furloughs at the Defense Department as well as the 2014 budgets for the Army and Air Force.
Tags: Francis Rose , Chuck Hagel , sequestration , furloughs , Katherine Hammack , Kathleen Ferguson , Army , Air Force , budget
DoD Deputy Secretary Ashton Carter on DoD fiscal challenges ahead
Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter discussed the budget challenges facing the Defense Department and how Pentagon leaders plan to manage through the "era of fiscal uncertainty" in a speech at the National Press Club May 7. Francis played highlights from Carter's speech on Pentagon Solutions.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Ashton Carter
Experts discuss DoD's challenges in reaching a clean audit
Former DoD Deputy CFO Al Tucker and Asif Khan from the Government Accountability Office join Francis Rose on this week's edition of Pentagon Solutions to discuss the challenges DoD has in reaching a clean audit by 2017.
Tags: Asif Khan , Al Tucker , DoD , financial management , audits , Francis Rose , Rise of the Money People
Pentagon Solutions: CJCS reflects on challenges in Gulf
With the 10th anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq this week, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey reflected on the war as well as current and future challenges in the Gulf region in a Center for Strategic and International Studies event.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Martin Dempsey
Sequestration no longer unthinkable, former Pentagon insider says
With sequestration set to go into effect in fewer than two weeks, many in the Defense Department are concerned the looming cuts are likely and will have a devastating effect on military readiness. Former Deputy Defense Secretary Bill Lynn, now the CEO of DRS Technologies, told Pentagon Solutions with Francis Rose the cuts will have a long-lasting impact on Pentagon planning.
Tags: Francis Rose , In Depth , sequestration , budget , DoD , Bill Lynn
Pentagon Solutions: DoD has only 'limited flexibility' to handle sequestration
The Defense Department's undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller), Robert Hale, told a House Armed Services Committee hearing last week that Defense officials have only "limited flexibility" to handle the automatic, across-the-board budget cuts, known as sequestration, that go into effect next year.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Robert Hale , House Armed Services Committee
Pentagon Solutions: How DoD should plan strategy amid downsized budget
Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, joined Pentagon Solutions for an in-depth discussion of how the Defense Department can manage budget cuts without harming its strategic goals.
Tags: DoD , sequestration , defense strategy , Andrew Krepinevich , CSBA , In Depth , Francis Rose
Former Deputy Defense Secretary Bill Lynn on the timeline of defense sequestration planning
Bill Lynn, former deputy secretary of Defense and now chief executive officer of DRS Technologies, joins Pentagon Solutions with Francis Rose to discuss how the Pentagon has prepared for the automatic, across-the-board budget cuts.
Tags: Francis Rose , In Depth , Bill Lynn , sequestration
Defense industry poised for change, challenges
Declining federal spending, evolving customer requirements related to the changed threat environment and the increase of competition from nontraditional defense contractors, such as Accenture, Dell and Apple are just a few of the issues on the horizon, according to an analysis from Booz and Company.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , DoD , industry , acquisition , Booz and Company , Erich Fischer
