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  Another Year, Another Bad Audit

  Posted by Jen DiMascio 3:59 PM on Dec 23, 2011

  Leave it to the Government Accountability Office. Instead of sending along warm tidings of joy, the GAO is delivering out a sharp kick in the pants to the Pentagon, whose books rem... Read More >>

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  GAO Audits Pentagon Program Cost Growths

  Posted by Michael Bruno 10:24 PM on Mar 29, 2011

  Despite widely recognized moves by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, starting in 2009, to reign in program mismanagement and spending largesse, 80% of major defense acquisition ... Read More >>

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  Repairing Combat ISR

  Posted by David A. Fulghum 1:14 PM on Apr 15, 2010

  Congressional investigators contend that combat ISR is in trouble, swamped by data and starved of trained help.Air Force officials, at least, say solutions are on the way.Governmen... Read More >>

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  Coast Guard National Security Cutter

  Posted by John M. Doyle 3:32 PM on Jul 13, 2009

  The U.S. Coast Guard’s newest vessel, the National Security Cutter Bertholf, was in the news a lot last week. The 418-foot vessel -- the first of eight in the new Legend clas... Read More >>

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  Time to Reread those Reports on Acquisition Issues

  Posted by Michael Bruno 6:53 PM on Jan 18, 2009

  Want to know where an Obama administration is going to look for cuts and trims in the Pentagon's budget? I suggest starting with the U.S. Government Accountability Office's reports... Read More >>

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  GAO Eyes DOD Personnel Clearance Practices

  Posted by Bettina Chavanne 9:18 PM on Dec 22, 2008

  In preparation for its full report in 2009, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), issued a preliminary assessment of the “timeliness and quality of the DOD’s pers... Read More >>

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  KC-X - GAO Backs Boeing, Demands Recompete

  Posted by Graham Warwick 6:03 PM on Jun 18, 2008

  After the stunning selection of Northrop Grumman and EADS over Boeing for the US Air Force's KC-X tanker comes the Government Accountability Office's brutal verdict. The Air Force&... Read More >>

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  Future Combat Systems, One of Many...

  Posted by Paul McLeary 4:19 PM on Apr 01, 2008

  Yesterday, the Government Accountability Office uncorked its sixth annual "Assessments of Selected Weapons Programs"  (pdf) report, which rates the progress and cost of variou... Read More >>

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