The spiraling cost of personnel at the Defense Department isn’t a new problem, yet a solution has been elusive. Cutting benefits for service members during more than a decade of…
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Hagel Seen as Able to Tackle Personnel Costs
January 15, 2013 • In the News • Original: Marine Corps Times
Budget Woes Could Affect AF’s KC-46
January 15, 2013 • In the News • Original: Air Force Times
The KC-46 tanker program faces potential budget issues that could force a renegotiation of the Defense Department’s contract with Boeing, according to budget analysts. The program, considered a future cornerstone…
Weight-Loss Surgery: Budget Shock Could Be Healthy
January 14, 2013 • In the News • Source: Aviation Week
Deep and long-term budget cuts could be the best thing to happen to the U.S. defense enterprise in decades. Austerity should enforce long-overdue change in the relative size and influence…
Pentagon Orders Planning for Civilian Furloughs, Other Cutbacks
January 11, 2013 • In the News • Original: Federal News Radio
If the automatic cuts currently scheduled to take place on March 1 stay in effect, DoD estimates its spending authority would be reduced by $45 billion in fiscal 2013. Compounding…
Pentagon No. 2 Issues Guidance To ‘Mitigate’ Budget Uncertainty
January 11, 2013 • In the News • Original: Government Executive
After months of near-silence on planning for sequestration, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter on Thursday instructed Pentagon managers to prepare specific actions in case Congress and the White House…