Senate panel cites DOD for lack of fiscal transparency on Third Offset

By Tony Bertuca / May 23, 2016 at 4:27 PM
The Senate Armed Services Committee remains "wary" of the Pentagon's vaunted "Third Offset" program after repeated attempts to obtain information on the effort -- including a detailed budget breakdown -- proved unsuccessful, according to a report from the committee. The report , which accompanies the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill set to be debated on the Senate floor this week, expresses the committee's skepticism of the Third Offset -- the Defense Department's signature strategy to maintain the American military's...

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