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May 1, 2013
Rep. Coffman to Appropriators: Cut Pentagon Pork
Rep. Mike Coffman sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee asking them to replace sequestration with "responsible reductions to the defense budget."
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Topics: National Security
April 25, 2013
President’s 2014 Budget Has Contracting Theme
The President's 2014 budget proposal includes proposals to improve the federal contracting system, which is a good start to save taxpayer dollars.
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April 23, 2013
Training Day: Improving Skills of the Acquisition Workforce
An April 16 GAO report indicates civilian agencies are having trouble training the acquisition workforce and determining if training investments are paying off, ultimately putting the government at risk of overspending on contracts and wasting taxpayer dol
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Topics: Contract Oversight
April 17, 2013
Pentagon Budget Ignores Sequestration, Relies on Old Ideas
President Obama’s budget request for the Department of Defense ignores the reality of the sequestration cuts and suggests old ideas to save money, according to an analysis by Winslow Wheeler.
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Topics: National Security
April 12, 2013
Pentagon Math, Hagel, and the President’s Budget
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and other defense officials headed to the Hill this week to testify about the President’s Budget.
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Topics: National Security
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