There have to be consequences, positive for good performance and negative for not good or not acceptable performance.
I would strongly suggest caution here.
Mr. Lynn, why begin design of a new contract, without the benefit of experience under the proposed improvement?
One proposal the Secretary's recommended is the elimination of JFCOM. I strongly support that proposal.
I think that's really one of the biggest problems, here. I'm glad we're going to fixed-price incentive contracts. But, if there's only one m...
Dr. Carter, where does the pursuit of efficiencies end and the assessment of roles and missions begin?
As you know from past years, the tendencies of the military departments when faced with similar directives have been to cut budgets for supp...
Dr. Carter, would you be willing to brief the committee on the results of these reviews once finalized?
I think it would be helpful to us, and maybe motivate some kind of action, if you showed us how dramatic that growth has been.
Are they subject to being cut under the initiative?
Dr. Carter, will those programs reviewed by your office be limited by dollar threshold (e.g. ACAT Level 1 only), by special interest items, ...
I am concerned about your interest in relieving the Department from doing so-called 'look-back' milestone certifications.
In my view, that is vital to ensuring that taxpayer dollars are not being wasted, stolen, or otherwise abused.
Dr. Carter, when defense-wide/joint capabilities overlap with Service-specific capabilities, who will conduct the review, your office or the...
Mr. Lynn, Secretary Gates has stated many times that health care costs are unsustainable within the Department's budget and will impinge on ...
There is risk the projected 1 percent real growth may not be realized.
Don't you think one of the fundamental problems that we're facing here is the consolidation of defense industries, which has really led to a...
No, we're not going to pay that. We should pay something that is less than that. We should manage to a better result.
