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Budget

Compensation Commission Recommendations Could Save DoD $4.8 Billion in First Year, $8 Billion Eventually

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, January 29th, 2015

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Compensation Commission Recommendations Could Save DoD $4.8 Billion in First Year, $8 Billion Eventually

The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission released its recommendations Thursday after more than a year of work, surveying well over a million people in the military community about hundreds of pay and benefits issues–and the final list of recommendations, if fully implemented, would eventually save the government more than $12 billion a year.The initial savings would be much more modest, according to data from the commission: a baseline-level cost estimate shows the federal government spending $961 million in the…

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