SOCOM Lists $690 Million in Unfunded Requirements

By Sebastian Sprenger / February 14, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Officials at U.S. Special Operations Command have identified a list of programs worth $690 million for which Pentagon officials requested no funds in the fiscal year 2009 defense budget unveiled earlier this month. The undated list, obtained today by InsideDefense.com , distinguishes between unfunded projects in three categories: investments, science and technology and military construction. The military branches traditionally send lists of so-called unfunded requirements to Congress each year in an attempt to get money for those requirements appropriated in...

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