The Department's budget request overview included discussion of improved buying power and how acquisitions are managed.

As efficiencies are being executed across the Department of Air Force, is the workload and functions associated with those being tracked as eliminated or divested through the annual inventory of functions?

Can you please share the results of that review and what the end-result has been in terms of realignment of work?

You mentioned civilian reductions of 7,000 across DOD yet the Air Force reports that they have nearly 16,000 civilians they are reducing.

Why would Congress consider any potential changes to recruiting and retention incentives such as military retirement and health care or reductions to essential training accounts when Defense can't identify the cost of what you pay for in…

What if the work is found to be inherently governmental or otherwise should be performed by civilians, instead of contractors?

Would Section 302 of H.R. 3893 allow contractors to litigate agencies' determinations that certain functions should be insourced for performance reasons?

H.R. 3893 would prevent insourcing from occurring until, among other things, has published for comment its insourcing policy.

The civilian workforce reductions reflected in the past two budgets demonstrate the Department's commitment to challenge workload requirements and more appropriately size its workforce to meet our most pressing and critical priorities.

How do you reconcile these figures? Do you believe that reductions in the civilian workforce should mirror and be proportionate to those in the uniformed workforce?

The C-27J is critical in supporting ground forces to meet the last tactical mile requirements.