Pentagon's reform team claims $4.4B in FY-18 'efficiencies'

By Tony Bertuca / December 11, 2018 at 1:35 PM
The Pentagon, despite the abrupt departure last month of Chief Management Officer Jay Gibson, saved nearly $4.4 billion in fiscal year 2018 through various business reforms and remains on track to save $6 billion in FY-19, according to acting CMO Lisa Hershman. "We are not taking a knee, we are jumping up and high-fiving," she said today during a Pentagon interview. The $4.4 billion in efficiencies comes from the nine reform management teams Gibson established earlier this year: information technology,...

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