Though Senate authorizers -- in their version of the fiscal year 2010 defense spending bill -- recommend full funding for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, they believe the group's budget should be funded through supplemental spending. The Senate Armed Services Committee made the same move last year, shifting JIEDDO funding in the base budget to supplemental accounts ( Inside the Army , Sept. 29, 2008, p1). The shift runs counter to Pentagon efforts to institutionalize the organization and...
