Elections Impacting Pentagon Budget Schedule

By Dan Dupont / October 26, 2000 at 5:00 AM
The upcoming elections are having an effect on Defense Department budget processes, according to sources and documents. Many program budget decisions, used to make financial changes to service and defense agency spending plans, may not surface until after Nov. 7, these sources indicate. While some draft PBDs have already been issued, Office of the Secretary of Defense analysts have told the services in recent budget hearings that some -- most likely those dealing with larger, more controversial budget issues --...

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