In the search to squeeze more savings out of the federal government, agencies are increasingly looking inward. But are they successful in the search for efficiencies? A new report by MeriTalk, the
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Soon-to-retire Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, in public remarks recently, has been delivering the sobering message of budget efficiencies in the Defense Department. But there’s one area that bucks Gates’ public pronouncements:
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Defense Department acquisition chief Ashton Carter has met with some of the largest defense contractors — Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Boeing — to discuss plans for a new generation of nuclear
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In efforts to wring an additional $400 billion in cost-savings over 12 years out of the Defense Department, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said budget cutters should avoid the “managerial cowardice†of
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Soon-to-retire Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told reporters yesterday efforts to wring even more cost-savings from the Defense Department must avoid “hollowing out†the armed forces and involve a tough, public discussion
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President Barack Obama will visit CIA headquarters Friday to thank members of the intelligence community for their role in the killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden earlier this month. Jay Carney
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Forget doing more with less. Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, who heads up the soon-to-be-defunct U.S. Joint Forces Command, said he believes because of lean defense budgets and evolving priorities, the Pentagon
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“It is not at all unusual to hear the Pentagon being criticized for its bloat, bureaucracy and spending binges,†CBS news program 60 Minutes began its report on soon-to-retire Defense Secretary Robert
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High-minded Defense Department “should-cost†acquisition estimates are running square into the brave new world of satellites, in what National Defense magazine called an “outer space imponderable.†Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology
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A national-security personnel shakeup is coming, according to various media reports, as the Obama administration looks to fill the opening that will be left when Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates departs later
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