Tag Archives: efficiencies

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program office has released a two-year road map to outline plans to focus on awareness, intended efficiencies and adaptability of cloud computing, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Aaron Boyd writes that the FedRAMP Forward document highlighted the program office’s efforts to streamline the authorization process through a “do once, …

As he makes the final rounds of his public pronouncements as head of the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is warning of the specter of deep budget cuts. Speaking before the Senate Armed Service’s Committee for the last time before he steps down at the end of the month, …

CIA Director Leon Panetta, the president’s pick to be the next defense secretary, heads to the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning for the first in a series of confirmation hearings. But the outcome is all but assured. Panetta, a former Clinton administration budget director and California congressman, has earned …

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: funding for modernization efforts. “We cancelled or curtailed modernization programs that were egregiously over-budget, behind schedule, dependent on …

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 across-the-board cuts. In a question-and-answer session at the U.S. Army Engineer School at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, …

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 about the tradeoff between spending cuts and military preparedness. In a speech last month on the deficit, President …

“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 M. Gates. But what makes this particular criticism so insightful and hard-hitting is that it comes from the …

Just one day after President Barack Obama said hundreds of billions of dollars in defense spending would be cut over the next 12 years to help reduce the debt and deficit, the Defense Department is already embarking on a “comprehensive review,” to make it happen. Obama proposed $400 billion in …

In a series of articles today, Politico took on the “pruning the Pentagon.” And, while much ink has been spilled on the topic of the exit strategies from Afghanistan and Iraq, Politico focused on that of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, himself, and what his departure will mean for the …

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 defended Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’ efficiency initiatives — which could free up as much as $78 billion …