Generating Needed Modernization Funds: Streamlining the Bureaucracy-- Not Outsourcing and Privatizing--Is the Best Solution

摘要

The Department of Defense (DoD) budget, in real dollars, has decreased for a dozen years or so, and will likely continue to do so. Since all the funds necessary for warfighting asset modernization will not come from Congress, DoD must free up existing funds for reallocation to its modernization program. So far, much reliance has been placed on privatization and outsourcing as ways of releasing large sums of money. But it is highly unlikely that these instrumentalities are up to the task, and other sources must shoulder a large part of the load. Although eliminating duplication of mission and roles is briefly addressed, most of the effort is now devoted to streamlining bureaucracy because it, as an inordinate proportion of the DoD budget, is the dark alley in which the gold watch is lost.