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Budget

Commission Reviewing DoD Budget Planning Releases Final Report, Calls For Implementing New System

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, March 6th, 2024

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Commission Reviewing DoD Budget Planning Releases Final Report, Calls For Implementing New System

An aerial view of the Pentagon. (U.S. Navy Photo)

The commission tasked with reforming the Pentagon’s budget planning process has issued its final report, which includes calling for the wholesale replacement of the current system with an approach that better matches “budget with strategy” and provides greater resourcing flexibility. The Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) commission calls for implementing a new Defense Resourcing System (DRS), detailing 28 recommendations it said would likely take several years to fully build out, while noting several actions the Pentagon could act on…

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