The Defense Department has identified a list of its most significant budget issues to be decided soon by the high-level Defense Resources Board, according to documents and sources. Homeland defense, antiterrorism and force protection issues will be addressed first, followed by transformation issues, modernization and, finally, "program balance" -- the final step in which the DRB adds up all the bills and billpayers and makes decisions on outstanding budget issues. The Office of the Secretary of Defense has received the...
