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Budget

Sequestration ‘Affecting Everything,’ Pentagon Acquisition Chief Says

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

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The Pentagon is scrambling to minimize the impact of the across the board budget cuts known as sequestration on developmental programs and programs already in production, Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall said yesterday. Sequestration is “affecting everything,” and right now defense officials and program managers are engaged in a “damage limitation exercise,” Kendall said. Kendall said in addition to the budget cuts, sequestrations is creating a “secondary effect” that is forcing program managers to defer work on developmental programs, causing…

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