A new report suggests the Pentagon needs to improve sharing budget data to regain Congress' trust. Six US senators, led by Sen. Sanders, aim to investigate the military industrial complex. Recommendations for changes in DoD planning and budgeting processes have been made. The Pentagon may need a new communications platform to enhance its relationship with Congress, as per a congressionally mandated report. There are calls for a new Truman Committee to prevent war profiteering and ensure oversight of military spending.
Pentagon Budget Panel Outlines Options for Acquisition Reform - USNI News https://t.co/IbBiH5ziJL https://t.co/2lfH8UsNbM
Can Congress really get to the bottom of corruption and mismanagement in the military industrial complex? https://t.co/SGqdHVyUQc
Six senators want a new committee “to provide dedicated resources and staff to investigate war profiteering, the effects of consolidation in the defense industry, the lack of sufficient oversight over U.S. military spending" & more https://t.co/SGqdHVyn0E
.@WilliamHartung: Truman's WWII-era committee’s efforts saved the government up to $15B and targeted firms that were supplying defective products to the military that were putting soldiers’ lives at risk. A group of senators today want to bring it back: https://t.co/SGqdHVyn0E
Can IT restore Congress’ trust in the Pentagon? https://t.co/OiT9HDj9a6
NEWS: Pentagon Official Underscores Imperative of On-Time Defense Appropriation https://t.co/v1q5Zob0yw
By all means let’s have a new Truman Committee. But congressional efforts to rein in the military-industrial complex shouldn’t end there. We need more guardrails to prevent war itself, not just war profiteering, writes @WilliamHartung https://t.co/SGqdHVyUQc
The Pentagon may need to buy a new communications platform to improve its relationship with Congress, according to a new congressionally mandated report. Read the story by @lalaurenista https://t.co/OiT9HDj9a6
NEWS: Commission Recommends Changes to DoD Planning, Budgeting Processes https://t.co/p5Cj3YxvSp
Can IT restore Congress’ trust in the Pentagon? | The Defense Department needs a better way to share budget data, a new report urges. https://t.co/OiT9HDj9a6
NEW: From @WilliamHartung — Why six US senators led by @SenSanders want to investigate the military industrial complex https://t.co/SGqdHVyn0E
Can IT restore Congress’ trust in the Pentagon? | by @lalaurenista https://t.co/OiT9HDj9a6