When Programming Trumps Policy and Plans: The Case of the US Department of the Navy
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Authors
Young, Thomas-Durell
Subjects
US Department of the Navy
Defense Planning
Planning
Programming
Budgeting
Execution
PPBE
Defense Planning
Planning
Programming
Budgeting
Execution
PPBE
Advisors
Date of Issue
2016
Date
2016
Publisher
Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
Language
Abstract
Traditionally, policy and planning have been institutionally weak in the Naval Staff
(Office of the Chief of Naval Operations – OPNAV). In their place, the N8
(Programming) has dominated resource decision-making, and, by default, decisions
relating to policy and planning. Recent uncertainty over defense authorization
and appropriations has resulted in calls for a greater role to be played by the
N3/5, Policy and Plans Directorate. The article argues that reform of the
Department of the Navy’s planning process is urgently needed. OPNAV’s weak
planning and overly dominant programming practices are compared with those
of the Departments of the Army and Air Force and are shown to be out of
conformance with them. The article concludes with specific and detailed recommendations
for reform of both the current planning and programming processes.
Type
Article
Description
The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2016.1176564
Series/Report No
Department
National Security Affairs (NSA)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
20 p.
Citation
THE JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC STUDIES, 2016
Distribution Statement
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.