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Navy Cyber Launches Updated Strategic Plan U.S. 10th Fleet (FCC/C10F) released its updated strategic plan on May 6, during a media roundtable at the Pentagon. Vice Admiral Jan E. Tighe, commander, FCC/C10F, met with members of the media to discuss the plan and the Navy’s way forward in the cyberspace domain. “A lot of work had been done since our inception in 2010 and the world has changed—gotten a lot more dangerous. The cyberspace domain is changing on a daily basis,” said Tighe in explaining the reason for the update. “First and foremost [the plan is] a way to organize our misVice Admiral Jan Tighe, commander of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. Tenth Fleet, hosts a media roundtable in the Pentagon to discuss the sion and to begin to measure Navy cyber command's recent strategy update. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass if we’re making sufficient progCommunication Specialist 2nd Class George M. Bell) ress in each of our goal areas.” Tighe outlined her five strategic on the overall Information Dominance goals: operate the network as a warStrategy. fighting platform, conduct tailored The commissioning of U.S. Fleet signals intelligence, deliver warfightCyber Command and reestablishment ing effects through cyberspace, create of U.S. 10th Fleet on January 29, 2010, shared cyber situational awareness and closely followed the Navy’s 2009 acestablish and mature the Navy’s Cyber knowledgement of information's centralMission Force. ity to maritime warfighting, known as “Also, internal to the Navy, we’ve just Information Dominance. had the release of the updated maritime Information Dominance is defined as strategy [Cooperative Strategy for 21st the operational advantage gained from Century Seapower], which has significant fully integrating the Navy’s information implication for us, as it pertains to ‘all functions, capabilities and resources to domain access’ and our role across the optimize decision making and maximize Fleet Cyber Command operational miswarfighting effects. The three pillars sion sets,” Tighe said. of Information Dominance are assured All domain access and specifically command and control (C2), battlespace ensuring access to space, cyberspace awareness and integrated fires. and the electromagnetic spectrum is a Fleet Cyber Command is a key operakey element in how FCC/C10F fits into tional command in delivering on missions the overall Navy plan, and actually builds across those three pillars.
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Defense Acquisitions: How and Where DoD Spends Its Contracting Dollars Moshe Schwartz Specialist in Defense Acquisition Wendy Ginsberg Analyst in American National Government John F. Sargent Jr. Specialist in Science and Technology Policy When Congress appropriates money, it provides budget authority—the authority to enter into obligations. Obligations occur when agencies enter into contracts, submit purchase orders, employ personnel or otherwise legally commit to spending money. Outlays occur when obligations are liquidated (primarily through the issuance of checks, electronic fund transfers or the disbursement of cash). In FY2014, the U.S. federal government obligated $445 billion for contracts for the acquisition of goods, services and research and development. The $445 billion obligated on contracts was equal to approximately 13 percent of FY2014 federal budget outlays of $3.5 trillion. As noted in Figure 1, in FY2014, DoD obligated more money on federal contracts ($284 billion) than all other federal agencies combined. DoD’s obligations were equal to 8 percent of federal spending. From FY2000 to FY2014, adjusted for inflation (FY2015 dollars), DoD contract obligations increased from $189 billion to $290 billion. However, the increase in spending has not been steady. Over the last 15 years, DoD contracting has been marked by a steep increase in obligations from FY2000 to FY2008 ($260 billion; 138 percent), followed by a Continued On pAGE 12 ➥
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