The Department of Defense Spent at Least $30,291,741,372.37 on 330 Individual Contracts during August 2013
The Pentagon issues a jumbled list of contracts every business day around 5:00PM local time. Our project distills an entire month of these contracts into an accessible form. Italics indicate notes from the editor.
DOD Spent at Least $16,000,324,569.00 on 238 Distinct Contracts during July 2013
The Pentagon issues a list of contracts every business day around 5:00PM local time. Each list, a jumble of technical terms, is organized according to the purchases made by each military branch (e.g. Army, Navy, and Air Force) and institution (e.g. DARPA, Missile Defense Agency, and Defense Information Systems Agency). This project provides a distilled presentation of these contracts in an accessible form.
Is Supporting Israel in the United States’ Strategic Interests?
U.S. Secretary of War, Chuck Hagel, recently spoke to the National Defense University. In his speech, Hagel advised USA’s officer corps to “always keep three questions in mind before making a decision”: