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Budget

SECNAV Directs ‘Running Fix’ Effort To Find High-Level Savings And Efficiencies

Wednesday, September 13th, 2023

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SECNAV Directs ‘Running Fix’ Effort To Find High-Level Savings And Efficiencies

Russell Rumbaugh, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller. He has served in the position since January 2023. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy comptroller this week said the Secretary of the Navy directed a new initiative, dubbed Running Fix, to find more ways to increase efficiencies and save money in the Department of the Navy (DoN) ahead of two years of budget caps imposed by the Fiscal Responsibility Act. “To prepare for these choices our leaders in Congress have signed us up to, the Secretary of the Navy is directing we look within first. He has directed an effort we're calling…

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