DoD Efficiency Decisions

Abstract

Although the U.S. faces significant economic challenges and growing budget deficits, Defense base funding must have real growth to sustain force structure and needed modernization: Fighting two wars, Confronting ongoing terrorist threats around the globe, Facing major powers investing heavily in their military, and Sustaining current force structure and needed modernization requires 2-3% real growth. The current and planned base defense budget has steady, but modest growth of 1% per year. To make up the difference, and preclude reductions in needed military capability, the difference of 1-2% a year will be made up elsewhere in DoD. Beginning in May, Secretary Gates began a hard, unsparing look at how DoD is staffed, organized, and operated. Background The goal is not to reduce the DoD topline, but to significantly reduce excess overhead costs and apply savings to force structure and modernization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 08, 2010
Accession Number
ADA527799

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People

  • Christine Fox

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  • Defense Acquisition University

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  • C4I
  • Human Systems

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  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Budgets
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Efficiency
  • Force Structure
  • General Officers
  • Information Operations
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Capabilities
  • Personnel Management
  • Teamwork
  • Unified Combatant Commands

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