‘Ridiculous’: Navy comptroller on contractors stiff arming his auditors
Russell Rumbaugh said at least two prime contractors have just recently snubbed his team while they attempted to take stock of government property.
Trump Picks Technocrats, Not Billionaires, For Top Pentagon Posts
WASHINGTON: President Trump will nominate Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan for Deputy Defense Secretary, one of six key Pentagon appointments announced today. All six have extensive service in government or, in Shanahan’s case, the defense industry. That’s a stark departure from the two billionaires with no prior government service Trump initially picked as secretaries of the Army and Navy, Vincent Viola and Philip […]
RUMINT: Van Hipp Back For Army Sec; Rob Blair Comptroller; Stackley For ATL
WASHINGTON: Musical chairs times, dear readers. The rumor mill — we can’t call it anything else given how uncertain the Trump administration’s nomination process has been — has a number of top Pentagon positions getting filled. Who, you ask breathlessly? Robert Blair, the top staffer on the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, has surfaced as a likely candidate […]
HASC Mulls Nunn-McCurdys For Operations & Support Costs
CAPITOL HILL: Nunn-McCurdy notifications to Congress of gross cost growth in a weapons system’s costs strike fear in the hearts of top Pentagon acquisition officials, and something like them may become law for a new set of costs — operations and support. “They should be the next frontier for acquisition reform,” former DoD Comptroller Bob […]