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DoD to cut hundreds of staff and contractors for $1 billion savings

December 18, 2013 By ei2admin

The Office of the Secretary of Defense will get smaller over the next five years as Chuck Hagel plans to cut 200 positions from his office, saving the Pentagon about $1 billion.

In July, Hagel ordered a 20 percent reduction in the front office budget to comply with sequestration reductions. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, service chiefs, combatant commanders and 3-star headquarters will reduce their staffs, as well.

“Some of these savings will be achieved through significant reductions civilian personnel; much of these savings will be achieved through contractor reductions. We are still finalizing the details, which will be available when the budget is submitted next year. But we will save at least $1 billion over the next five years,” Hagel said during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Wednesday.

In addition to eliminating 200 positions, several departments will reorganize to “reshape and strengthen” their staff. The Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy will “re-balance” some of its workload to assistant secretaries of defense. The Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight and the Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Offices will be combined into a single office, as well.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.defenseone.com/management/2013/12/hagel-cut-hundreds-staff-contractors-and-reorganize-1-billion-savings/74912 

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: budget cuts, cost reduction, DoD, sequestration

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