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DoD budget to shrink in 2012
The defense budget will shrink by at least $15 billion in fiscal year 2012, Military Times reports.
Tags: DoD Report , Military Times , budget , Senate , omnibus , Dorobek Insider
Defense authorization bill back on Senate docket
The Defense authorization bill has been on the Senate calendar, and off the Senate calendar. Now it's on again. The Senate majority leader is now promising to bring a 2011 defense authorization bill to the floor for a vote.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , defense spending bill , Senate Armed Services Committee , Harry Reid , Joe Lieberman , Senate , Dorobek Insider
Deficit reduction to hit Pentagon in the pocket
In addition to cuts in federal pay and furloughs for government workers the commission also wants to roll back defense spending. Carl Conetta, Co-Director of the Project on Defense Alternatives, says we're on the right track with defense cuts.
Tags: DoD Report , Federal Drive , deficit reduction commission , furloughs , budget cuts , defense cuts , Project on Defense Alternatives , Carl Conetta
Schwartz outlines Air Force adjustments, changes
The world has changed and the United States Air Force must change too, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said at the National Press Club.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Norman Schwartz , Air Force , DoD , Robert Gates
Congress to grill DoD on spending proposals
Congress is getting ready to sink its teeth into the massive shifts in defense spending proposed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Tags: DoD Report , Dorobek Insider , Robert Gates , DoD , Congress
Grassley: DoD IG's lax oversight results in fraud
The Pentagon's top watchdog has abandoned efforts to do in-depth audits of defense contracts, leaving billions of dollars in taxpayer money at risk because of overpayments and fraud, according to an investigative report due to be made public Thursday.
Tags: newscast , DorobekInsider , Must Reads , Pentagon , contracting , management , DoD , Chuck Grassley , IG
Gates announces huge Pentagon job, budget cuts
SECDEF Gates announced Monday his plan to move $100 billion in spending from back-office functions to war fighter needs.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , contracting , Robert Gates , DoD ,
Pentagon looks for fat to trim
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday he wants to trim some of the billions of dollars the Pentagon spends on weapons systems and contractor services, part of a Pentagon-wide effort to find $100 billion in savings in the next five years. Todd Harrison with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has suggestions for starting points.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , contracting , Pentagon , DoD , Todd Harrison , Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
New Defense Priorities & the New Budget
Tags: William Lynn , Pentagon budget , defense budget , acquisition reform
Analyzing the New Pentagon Budget Approach
Tags: Pentagon , Department of Defense , Defense Department , defense budget , Robert Gates , John Hamre , Andrew Krepinevich , CSIS , Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments , Center for Strategic & International Studies
