This may not come as a huge surprise, but the topsy-turvy budget climate of 2013 is taking a severe toll on the morale of the financial management workforce throughout the Defense Department. A year ago, 86 percent of senior executives in the DoD budget world said they liked their jobs “a lot”. Today, the figure is 53 percent. The findings are part of an annual survey by the American Society of Military Comptrollers and Grant Thornton. Retired Navy Vice Adm. Lou Crenshaw, the leader of Grant Thornton’s aerospace and defense practice, tells Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu a majority of DoD financial managers are reporting unprecedented challenges.
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