DOD seeks OK to shift $2 billion between accounts, launch new starts and SPACECOM

By Jason Sherman / July 1, 2020 at 1:56 PM
The Pentagon is seeking congressional permission to shift $2 billion between budget accounts as part of an annual reallocation of funds the U.S. military has in hand, launch five new-start projects and shift funds the Defense Department says are required immediately to achieve U.S. Space Command "critical mission capability." On June 23, then-acting Pentagon Comptroller Elaine McCusker submitted a 58-page omnibus reprogramming request to Congress to shift funds appropriated in fiscal years 2018, 2019 and 2020 to higher-priority programs in...

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