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Dov Zakheim

Congress pushes back on the critical munitions fund

August 18, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here’s former USD Comptroller Dov Zakheim on the status of a critical munitions fund at The Hill: Congress should reconsider Austin’s request to fund ‘critical […]

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Will the FY23 defense budget get a $100B bump by Congress?

April 13, 2022 Eric Lofgren 0

Here’s an interesting conversation about FY23 budget projections on Defense & Aerospace Report podcast. (I’ll forego the indent) Michael Herson: We’ve seen a lot of […]

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Two views of defense budget reform

April 10, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

The combination of congressional limitations and DOD inflexibility undermine any effort to transfer funds rapidly, from a hi-tech program that appears to be going nowhere […]

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Podcast: PPBE Reform Panel 2 — From Ideas to Implementation

April 6, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

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: […]

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PPBE reform event: an imperative for winning the great power competition

March 11, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

… in my mind, I equate planning and budgeting and consider the terms almost synonymous, the budget being simply a quantitative expression of operating plans. […]

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