Pentagon Formalizes Second And Third Rounds Of Business Initiatives

By John Liang / February 27, 2002 at 5:00 AM
Members of the Pentagon's Business Initiative Council have approved two more broad sets of initiatives -- potentially worth more than $100 million in annual savings -- designed to improve business operations across the Defense Department and enhance support to the warfighter, DOD announced today. Potential efficiencies in both rounds are focused on re-examining "stringent legislative requirements, cumbersome directives, and lengthy staffing processes, which the DOD workforce deals with on a daily basis," a DOD statement reads. "While BIC estimates of...

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