Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the lack of a defense spending bill and the specter of a year-long continuing resolution is the “crisis on my doorstep.†DoD requested $549 billion, while the
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Some Capitol Hill lawmakers are skeptical of the Defense Department’s cost-saving measures, even as debate about the federal deficit continues to ratchet up ahead of the 2012 budget process. Top Pentagon leaders
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’ plan for departmentwide efficiencies has weathered withering criticism from across the political spectrum and some quarters in the private sector. But, for Defense Secretary William J. Lynn,
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The Defense Department’s Deputy Chief Management Officer Elizabeth McGrath at an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association event last Friday, said it’s a new day for defense IT acquisition. DoD will procure
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The new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) isn’t wasting any time in exerting his oversight responsibilities. Following a number of housekeeping procedures last week, the committee
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Defense Department employees must be prepared to provide a cost estimate any time they want to use the company credit card, so to speak. According to a DoD memo from Defense
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is expected to brief lawmakers Thursday about proposed cuts to military spending before publicly announcing cuts to weapons programs, according to various media reports. According to
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So, it’s another year. You’re back in the office and, soon, a new Congress will get back to work too, taking up all the issues it left on the table before
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Most of the big issues facing the Defense Department in 2011 can be boiled down to one word: budget. A duo of defense experts talked to DoDBuzz about what to look for
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