/ en /news/2021-10/no-3-cost-saving-money-negative-impact-roller-coaster-dod-funding <span>No. 3. The Cost of Saving Money: The Negative Impact of Roller Coaster DoD Funding</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/791" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Marianne Klinker</span></span> <span>Fri, 10/08/2021 - 16:38</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>In the current configuration, the peaks and troughs of defense procurement obscure the true causes of cost increases and inefficiencies. The current cycle of temporarily cutting defense budgets only to suffer increased costs on the back-end of those cuts is inefficient and shortsighted. </p> <p>In <a href="https://mymasonportal.gmu.edu/bbcswebdav/orgs/AU_SOB_SOBW/Centers%20and%20Initiatives/Center%20for%20Government%20Contracting/White%20Papers/jennifer-taylor-the-cost-of-saving-money.pdf" target="_blank" title="White Paper No. 3: No. 3. The Cost of Saving Money: The Negative Impact of Roller Coaster DoD Funding">this white paper</a>, author Jennifer Taylor, a recognized civil–military relations and security sector institutional capacity building expert, details the effect of these budget swings on readiness for Department of Defense operations as well as the impact on the contractors who engage on these efforts. </p> <p><a href="https://mymasonportal.gmu.edu/bbcswebdav/orgs/AU_SOB_SOBW/Centers%20and%20Initiatives/Center%20for%20Government%20Contracting/White%20Papers/jennifer-taylor-the-cost-of-saving-money.pdf" target="_blank" title="White Paper No. 3: No. 3. The Cost of Saving Money: The Negative Impact of Roller Coaster DoD Funding">Download the white paper</a>.   </p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12431" hreflang="en">Center for Government Contracting White Papers</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 08 Oct 2021 20:38:48 +0000 Marianne Klinker 55431 at