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DoD tech transition funding was *much* bigger in the 1950s

December 19, 2020 Eric Lofgren 5

Prior to fiscal year 1951 there was no provision at the Secretary of Defense level for funding departmental emergency research and development needs. In other […]

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The Functionalist Takeover and the problem of organizational design in the DoD

September 25, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

[Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy] told the Senate Committee on Armed Services that the present assistant secretary could not “give orders.” McElroy proposed a civilian […]

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