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Zakheim: better acquisition workforce requires more money

To save money in contracting, DoD will have to spend money to build the acquisition workforce, former DoD Comptroller Dov Zakheim said.

Tags: Pentagon Solutions , In Depth , Francis Rose , DoD , Dov Zakheim , contracting , training , Robert Gates

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SAVE Award winner cuts printing, postage costs

Trudy Givens, of Portage, Wisc., beat out more than 18,000 with her idea for an "opt-in" option for hard copies of the Federal Register.

Tags: Trudy Givens , Bureau of Prisons , SAVE Award , White House , Barack Obama , Jolie Lee , innovation , Federal Register

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Greater savings opportunities in DoD budget cuts

Carl Conetta, co-director of the Project on Defense Alternatives, said that DoD is on the right track to cut costs, but there are even more savings opportunities.

Tags: Carl Conetta , deficit reduction commission , Project on Defense Alternatives , DoD Report , Dorobek Insider

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Can you solve the budget puzzle?

The New York Times interactive graphic allows you to make decisons about fixing the budget.

Tags: New York Times , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider

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Lawmakers face $1 trillion decision

Congress faces no good options in dealing with the $1 trillion pricetag of funding government through next year.

Tags: Politico , Congress , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider

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MOAA says DoD cuts cannot undermine incentives

Colonel Steve Strobridge of MOAA said the budget decisions by DoD cannot undermine key military incentives.

Tags: DoD , Air Force , Steve Strobridge , Dorobek Insider

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Pew recommends budget fixes

Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss recommendations for the budget process and how to get back to black.

Tags: Maya MacGuineas , Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget , Pew , Dorobek Insider

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GAO: DoD senior staff assessment lacks clear documentation

Brenda Farrell, director of Defense Capabilities and Management Issues at GAO, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss GAO's recommendations for DoD's senior staff assessment process.

Tags: Brenda Farrell , GAO , DoD , management , Dorobek Insider , transparency

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DoD 2012 budget to exceed target savings

The Defense Department's 2012 budget will include more than its share of the 2.3 percent in savings that Secretary Gates has called for.

Tags: Brett Lambert , DoD Report , Robert Gates , Dorobek Insider

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Contracting lessons from the Air Force tanker saga

Washingtonian reporter Shane Harris joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss his in-depth report on the 10-year saga of the Air Force to replace its tankers.

Tags: Shane Harris , Washingtonian Magazine , Air Force , tanker , procurement , contracting , Dorobek Insider

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