Preliminary Assessment of Efficiency Initiatives Announced by Secretary of Defense Gates on August 9, 2010

Abstract

On August 9, 2010, Secretary of Defense Gates announced a number of efficiency initiatives intended to contribute to a Defense Department effort to achieve about $100 billion of savings over the next five years. The Defense Department's intent is not to reduce the defense "top line" budget, but, rather, to apply any savings to finance currently planned programs. Below, in a table format, is an order-of-magnitude analysis of amounts of money currently spent in each of the major areas Secretary Gates identified for savings.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 12, 2010
Accession Number
ADA526227

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  • Library of Congress

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  • Cyber
  • Human Systems

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  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Budgets
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Computer Vision
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Efficiency
  • Elimination
  • Executives
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Unified Combatant Commands

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