Tune in to this month's episode of The Business of Defense to hear Rich Brady and Salome Tinker discuss how she and her husband started TSC Enterprise and what they are doing to promote diversity and inclusion efforts at their firm. Tinker spent 20 years as an enlisted Army nurse. But she’d always loved numbers. [...]
“Bootstrap” is one of RJ Blake’s favorite words when he’s talking about the consulting business that he founded a decade ago. “We’re pushing 100 people. It was certainly a wild time to start a company, to say the least: two kids in diapers, one just out of the NICU, and not a lot of money. [...]
The American Society of Military Comptrollers recently completed Season 1 of The Business of Defense video podcast, produced in conjunction with WTOP News/Federal News Network. Thank you to our guests from across the defense sector – the bigs, the smalls, the partnerships and private equity owned, and the SDVOBS, ESOPS, and EDWOSBs - who joined us over [...]
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"WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Appropriations today approved the FY2018 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Bill, providing record-level funding to improve programs for veterans and investing in critical infrastructure for U.S. military personnel and their families." Continue reading HERE
1. Review of the FY2018 Budget Request for the U.S. Air Force - Subcommittee on Defense Wednesday, June 14, 2017 @ 10:30 AM | Dirksen Senate Office Building 192 | Presiding: Chairman Thad Cochran (R-Mississippi) Watch HERE Wednesday, June 21, 2017 @ 10:30 AM | Dirksen Senate Office Building 192 | Presiding: Chairman Thad Cochran [...]
“As of March 31, 2017, there were 1,298 open recommendations that were issued to 46 DoD Components in 288 DoD OIG audit and evaluation reports. DoD management agreed to take corrective actions on 1,251 of those recommendations. For the remaining 47 open recommendations, the DoD OIG and DoD Components have not agreed on an acceptable [...]
Division C—Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 Division C includes: Title I—Military Personnel | Title II—Operation and Maintenance | Title III—Procurement | Title IV—Research, Development, Test and Evaluation | Title V—Revolving and Management Funds | Title VI—Other Department of Defense Programs | Title VII—Related Agencies | Title VIII—General Provisions | Title IX—Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War [...]
"Under the President’s proposals, budget deficits from 2018 through 2027 would total nearly one-third less than those in CBO’s baseline projections, ranging between 2.6 percent and 3.3 percent of GDP, down from 3.6 percent in 2017." Read the source and summary, HERE Read the full analysis of the President's 2018 Budget, HERE
To better accommodate our service members and civilians that are planning on attending PDI2017, ASMC is announcing the extension of the ASMC PDI 2017 Early-Bird registration rate to 10 May. To register, visit the PDI registration page. Should you need further assistance, please contact RHQ via email or call 702-798-8376.