A bipartisan legislative commission has released long-awaited recommendations to reform the Defense Department's 1960s-era planning and budgeting system, seeking specifically that Congress grant the Pentagon greater spending flexibility while ensuring appropriate oversight. The Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Reform Commission established by Congress in the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Action makes 28 individual recommendations in a nearly 400-page report released today after two years of work. “The security environment is rapidly evolving, and the current PPBE process is...
