Leaders of House and Senate Armed Services Committees have appointed former Department of Defense officials to a 14-member commission tasked with evaluating the effectiveness of DOD’s planning, programming, budgeting and execution process.
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Robert Hale, the former Defense Department comptroller and a current fellow at Booz Allen Hamilton, said DoD faced budgetary turmoil during the past five fiscal years due to Congress’ approach to resolving
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Robert Hale, the former Defense Department comptroller and a current fellow at Booz Allen Hamilton, has outlined several public misconceptions about the sequestration process amid concerns about another round of automatic budget cuts in
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Robert Hale, the recently retired comptroller from the Defense Department, said that lawmakers are increasing efforts to address rising military personnel costs, Military Times reported Tuesday. “We are making progress,†Hale told the
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Former Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale forecasts that the department will be more cautious with its discretionary spending until there is greater clarity on the defense budget, Defense News reported Monday. “What we
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The Defense Department will continue to request funding for operations in Afghanistan even after U.S. combat troops return home from that country, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Tony Capaccio writes that outgoing Pentagon Comptroller
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Robert Hale, outgoing Pentagon comptroller, has said the contracting industry could help military customers manage investments by explaining to them a technology’s long-run cost, Reuters reported Tuesday. “I hope more of them
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Michael McCord, former principal deputy undersecretary of defense, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to succeed the retiring Robert Hale as Defense Department comptroller, Defense News reported Thursday. Prior to joining the
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Robert Hale, Defense Department comptroller, said the Pentagon’s $5 billion proposed budget for cybersecurity will be routed to the various components of its cyber operations plan, the Federal Times reported Tuesday. Amber Corrin writes
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Michael McCord, deputy comptroller at the Defense Department since 2009, has been nominated to the comptroller post by President Barack Obama and will succeed the retiring Robert Hale if confirmed by the
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