{"id":29203,"date":"2018-04-25T15:34:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T15:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/25\/shanahan-on-cost-cutting-proposal-its-not-a-people-issue\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:08:12","slug":"shanahan-on-cost-cutting-proposal-its-not-a-people-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/defense-budget\/2018\/04\/25\/shanahan-on-cost-cutting-proposal-its-not-a-people-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanahan on cost-cutting proposal: \u2018It\u2019s not a people issue\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan agrees with the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2017\/12\/28\/unwinding-bureaucracy-start-of-2018-to-see-major-pentagon-reform\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">changes are needed<\/a> in the Pentagon\u2019s civilian workforce \u2015 but disagreed on the root cause of the department\u2019s infamous high costs and slow speeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not a people issue. People are the solution, not the problem,\u201d Patrick Shanahan said Tuesday. \u201cIt\u2019s our processes, not our people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 17, Rep. Mac Thornberry, the Texas republican who chairs the HASC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/04\/17\/major-bill-aims-to-slash-pentagon-bureaucracy\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">unveiled a sweeping proposal<\/a> targeting the Pentagon\u2019s so-called \u201cfourth estate\u201d agencies, which are supported by 200,000 civilian personnel and 600,000 contractors, at a cost of more than $100 billion per year. That proposal that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/disa\/2018\/04\/18\/under-proposed-dod-cuts-disas-future-gets-murky-fast\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\">eliminate seven agencies<\/a> inside the department and impose a 25 percent personnel cut in many others, with execution completed by Jan. 1, 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposal has a ways to go before it becomes law, and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/04\/18\/key-democrat-fighting-plan-to-slash-pentagon-agencies\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">already seen some opposition<\/a> from Thornberry\u2019s democratic counterpart on the HASC, Rep. Adam Smith of Washington. But even a watered down version of the cuts could have a dramatic impact on the Pentagon\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shanahan made it clear he has yet to dive into the details of Thornberry\u2019s concept, and when asked, he denied there was any tension between his stance and the HASC chairman\u2019s. But the deputy\u2019s comments indicated a willingness to look for savings in ways other than mandatory personnel cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to reporters at a Defense Writers\u2019 Group breakfast, Shanahan argued that \u201cpeople are stuck in processes that aren\u2019t very productive, not as productive as they could be.\u201d This leaves individuals with their hands tied and unable to do their jobs as effectively as they would like to, even if they have the best of intentions, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s this assumption that there\u2019s all these people standing around with their hands in their pocket and not working hard. I think what we find is, we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/intel-geoint\/2018\/04\/10\/big-brother-robot-overlords-and-intelligence-acquisition-reform\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">processes and management systems<\/a> and IT systems that have evolved over years and years but were never designed to scale to the size that we are,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solving that problem is a top goal of Chief Management Officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/01\/30\/pentagon-chief-management-officer-nominee-clears-committee\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Gibson<\/a>, who is looking to find natural efficiencies. 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Two days after Thornberry unveiled his new concept, Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said that Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis \u201csupports Chairman Thornberry\u2019s initiative to identify where we can find value, greater value for the American people,\u201d and pledged the department would continue to work with the House on the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The issue with the Pentagon&#8217;s civilian workforce isn&#8217;t the people, but the old systems they&#8217;ve been saddled with, Shanahan 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