Key Issues Optical clocks Prototype funding SPAFORGEN
On July 22, 2010, the House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on fiscal management of the Defense Department in a time of tight budgets. Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing, opening statements by committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) and Ranking Member Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) and prepared testimony from Pentagon Deputy Chief Management Officer Elizabeth McGrath, Under Secretary of the Army Joseph Westphal, Under Secretary of the Navy Robert Work and Under Secretary of the Air Force Erin Conaton.