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	Podcast:		Federal Drive with Tom Temin
	Episode:		Pentagon’s ponderous budget process is next target for Congressional reform
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:09:47
	Publish Date:		2022-01-03 16:03:26
	Description:		After having spent several years tinkering with the Defense Department’s acquisition rules, Congress is turning its attention to one of the other main factors that bogs down the DoD procurement system: The byzantine apparatus the Pentagon and lawmakers use to actually fund each military program. In the crosshairs is what’s known as the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process, an early Cold War-era construct that, translated to the modern era, means Defense officials usually wait at least two years after they realize they need a new technology before money arrives to start solving the problem.
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