Transformations in defense budgeting — from BA 8 to portfolios
Congress is looking to slightly expand the new appropriation for software, BA 8, from 9 pilot programs to 12. Jared Serbu has a great article […]
Congress is looking to slightly expand the new appropriation for software, BA 8, from 9 pilot programs to 12. Jared Serbu has a great article […]
“One of the things that we’re trying to do out of our office is to think about: How would we manage by portfolio as opposed […]
In this week’s blog post on our acquisition playbook study, we discuss a recommendation to make market research a core and continuous organizational capability. No […]
When Burke became chief of naval operations, the conflict between the Bureau of Ordnance and the Bureau of Aeronautics in the guided missile field, under […]
In a letter to committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and ranking member Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), the Democrats, most of whom are in the Congressional Progressive Caucus, urged the panel’s […]
These challenges can be met. But the concept still requires a major feat. Congress must amend the budget process so that relatively big dollars can […]
For years, I’ve been arguing that the budget process is the single most important problem of acquisition reform. We still have in place what is […]
Program budgeting does not work anywhere in the world it has been tried. The reason for this failure can be deduced backward. What would it […]
Here is the insightful Peter Levine providing us 10 rules for reforming the Department of Defense: I’ve watched as every secretary of defense has sought […]
Following in the steps of the Army, which did a “night court” deep-dive look at its budget to identify about $25 billion in savings to apply towards […]
In assessing change many observers are inclined to stress the more dramatic shifts in policy or even the stated goals of policy. They are perhaps […]
Several weeks ago I discussed various strategies for cutting $1 trillion from defense spending over ten years. In this post, I want to address the […]
After a 2009 law increased centralization of defense acquisition decisions, reform began to swing in the other direction starting around 2015. The new emphasis is […]
In this second discussion on the future of the Planning-Programming-Budgeting-Execution (PPBE) process, Center for Government Contracting executive director Jerry McGinn hosts a distinguished panel including: […]
For the first time in more than 50 years, a serious discussion is emerging on the foundations of defense budgeting and oversight. The “valley of […]
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