The Department of Defense

The new reality

There is a new reality for the Department of Defense. Cost reduction is paramount, and informed decisions must be made between affordability and risk. Managing threats from both inside and out presents a host of new and evolving challenges. Energy assurance and energy cost continue to be a focus, while troops are winding down and coming home. New perspectives, innovative processes, and industry insight and practices—all viewed through a government lens—are keys to success.

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Keeping America safe: The new defense strategy
Listen to former National Security Advisor, General Jim Jones (USMC Ret.); General Chuck Wald (USAF Ret.); and the Honorable Tom Davis discuss the impact of budget reductions on the new defense strategy.
Technology Trends 2012
Deloitte’s annual Technology Trends report examines technology put to practical use. This year’s theme, Elevate IT for digital business, examines the broad impacts of five technology forces that have influenced our reports over the past several years – analytics, mobility, social, cloud and cyber security. Read this cross industry, cross sector view.
Applying private-sector M&A strategies to public-sector cost-reduction challenges
Listen to John Powers, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP; and JoAnn Boutelle, partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP to learn how Federal agencies — through merging, integrating, consolidating, and divesting — can reduce inefficiencies and redundancies without significantly impacting their core missions.
The Performance Based Logistics (PBL) debate
Has the Defense Department’s PBL experience lived-up to the Business Theory? This point of view provides insight into the PBL debate, and attempts to answer whether or not the outcomes projected in PBL theory have been realized.
Meeting the DoD’s affordability mandate
The Department of Defense (DoD) is placing increased pressure on defense contractors to deliver quality goods and services at lower costs.