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Congress Uses Power of Purse to Trim DoD Civilian Hiring

  • January 6, 2016
  • Scott Maucione
  • Federal News Radio

“There’s been a broad consensus that particularly in the last six to eight years there has been a lot of duplications of effort,” [Katherine] Blakeley [budget research fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments] said. “It’s really hard to figure out where DoD is going to [cut] because it requires getting into the nitty-gritty of every single office and a lot of ways it’s basically a deep dive into a potential reorganization or restructuring from the ground up.

Press Releases

CSBA Welcomes New Budget and Resource Research Fellow

  • January 5, 2016

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) is pleased to welcome Katherine Blakeley as its new research fellow focused on the defense budget and defense resourcing.

Analysis

Navy 2016: Stress, Shortfalls, & The Spectrum

  • December 30, 2015
  • Bryan Clark
  • Breaking Defense

2016 will be challenging for the Navy. At sea the fleet will continue to face demands that exceed its supply of forces, while at home the fiscal 2017 budget is likely to make difficult choices that prioritize high quality over adequate quantity.

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