Senior leaders on the independent congressional commission aiming to reform the Defense Department's budget and planning system say Pentagon officials need more flexibility from lawmakers if the notoriously slow process is to become agile enough to capture technological innovation needed to compete with China, but they stress DOD must do more to build trust with Capitol Hill. Former DOD Comptroller Bob Hale, chair of the Planning, Programming, Budget and Execution Reform Commission, and vice chair and former DOD acquisition chief...
