a large cost. they limit our ability to capitalize on the promise of information technology. i m directing an effort to consolidate these assets to take advantage of the department s significant economies of scale, thereby creating savings in acquisition, sustainment and manpower costs. it will allow the department common functions and improve our ability to defend defense networks against growing cyber threats. fifth, this department is awash in taskings for reports and studies. in 19 # 0, the pentagon produced a total of 37 reports for the congress, a number that topped off at more than 700 reports in last year s cycle. consider that as of 2009, the department had nearly 1,000 contractors working in some capacity producing reports for the congress of which more than 200 were working full time.
ultimately being thrown out of the u.s. military. the service members legal defense networks represents gay and lesbian service members and they issued a statement this morning saying quote at this time sldn cannot recommend that lesbian, gay or bisexual service members participate in any survey being administered by the department of defense. what they are talking about is the survey that went out yesterday to 400,000 members of the military, more than 100 questions asking them what they think the issues are to be implemented in the military if and when don t ask, don t tell is repealed. that is up to the president and congress to do. the idea is military members are now being asked their opinion and their views quite remarkable about the implementation challenges. the questions are remarkably intimate. it starts by basically asking service members in a unit that you serve in, if you knew your commander was gay or lesbian,