A congressionally directed panel working on recommendations to give the Pentagon new spending flexibility released an interim report Tuesday—but acknowledged the Defense Department may not have the ...

The Pentagon’s budget process, known as Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE), has remained largely unchanged since it was established by Secretary Robert McNamara in the 1960s.

The United States’ ability to strengthen deterrence and maintain advantage over strategic competitors depends on how our Department of Defense can quickly and effectively field innovative capabilities ...

"The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night." --Otto von Bismarck If that's true ... well, get ready for a few sleepless nights. Because in today's ...

WASHINGTON ― A congressionally mandated commission on Tuesday took its first shot at convincing the Pentagon and Congress to reform its budget planning process. The Commission on Planning, Programming ...

On August 15, a congressionally established commission published its interim report about reforming the Pentagon's budgeting system amid criticisms about inflexibility, a lack of agility, risk ...

Defense experts say a Pentagon initiative to field thousands of autonomous systems over the 18 months offers a use case for defense budget reform. (Pvt. 2nd Class James Newsome/Army) SIMI VALLEY, ...

Michael Greenberg, a retired U.S. Army colonel, has been named senior vice president of Army at data management and planning software developer Decision Lens. The nearly three-decade Army veteran will ...

"No plan survives first contact with the enemy," said Prussian military strategist Helmuth von Moltke. Likewise, when the annual budget process transitions to execution, it’s already out of date. The ...