Budgeting, Financial Management, and Acquisition Reform in the U.S. Department of Defense

In this book we have introduced the basics of the federal budget process,
provided an historical background on the foundation and development of
the budget process, indicated how defense spending may be measured and
how it impacts the economy, described and analyzed how Planning, Programming,
Budgeting and Execution System (PPBES) operates and
should function to produce the annual defense budget proposal to Congress,
analyzed the role of Congress in debating and deciding on defense
appropriations and the politics of the budgetary process including the use
of supplemental appropriations to fund national defense, analyzed budget
execution dynamics, identified the principal participants in the defense
budget process in the Pentagon and military commands, assessed federal
and Department of Defense (DoD) financial management and business
process challenges and issues, and described the processes used to resource
acquisition of defense war fighting assets, including reforms in acquisition
and linkages between PPBES and the defense acquisition process.

Product details

• Authors: L R Jones, L. R. Jones, Lawrence R. Jones, Jerry L McCaffery, Jerry L. McCaffery
• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• No. of pages: 736
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 43 mm
• Weight: 1068 g
• Series: Research in Public Management
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management