Will the Cure Cost More than the Cold?

Article Abstract:

The Defense Department is routinely criticized for its spending practices. The weapons industry believes it must try to do more to educate the public about the problems with supply and development. The very size of the Department of Defense (DOD) budget and staff makes it difficult to handle when representing its problems to the press. The basic problem in acquiring spare parts lies in the inefficient and uneconomical way spare parts are acquired. The objective in the DOD is always on maintaining the readiness of the United States military equipment. The DOD has not encouraged competition among vendors in the past. The DOD is very badly organized right now, but hopes to introduce measures to be more efficient and effective.

Management, Defense spending, Armaments, Military weapons

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Federal IG's and Their Portable Computers: "A Quantum Improvement in the Way We Work"

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is conducting a program to uncover fraud and waste in government programs. The Federal Inspectors General are using portable microcomputers for this program. Auditors and investigators must go through a training program in order to work the microcomputers. The costs involved in this program are thought of as an investment as the computers and skills will be utilized in all governmental specialized staff functions. The portable microcomputers were found to increase efficiency and effectiveness for the Inspectors General.

Computers, Microcomputers, Laws, regulations and rules, Digital computers, Accounting and auditing, Training, Domestic policy, Government programs

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Denton on Terrorism and the Senate's "Horrible Ignorance"

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After three years of hearings by the Senate Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism, there is documentation on how the Soviets exploit terrorism to undermine the governments of non-Soviet bloc countries. Senator Jeremiah Denton feels the Senate and the media ignore the findings. Figures are given about terrorist activities involving the United States and her citizens. Sen. Denton hopes his colleagues will wake up to the threats posed by terrorist activities.

Study and teaching, Terrorism

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