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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In the latest round of cost-savings announced by Defense Secretary Robert Gates last week, which included the cancellation of the amphibious Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, many media accounts reported the Marines had came
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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 Secretary
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The big news last week for the government-contracting community was the update Defense Secretary Robert Gates provided on the Pentagon efficiencies. But, along with his familiar refrain, voicing support for the $100
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President Barack Obama signed an official memo last week, giving his stamp of approval on Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ initiative to shutter the Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va. “I hereby accept
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Forget net neutrality. In the wake of the court fight between Google, Microsoft and the Interior Department, the new controversial federal IT issue may be tech procurement neutrality. On Friday, federal Chief
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates briefed lawmakers Thursday about proposed cuts to military spending before publicly announcing cuts to weapons programs, according to various media reports. At a Pentagon briefing, Gates announced the
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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 Agence
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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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