When Programming Trumps Policy and Plans: The Case of the US Department of the Navy

dc.contributor.authorYoung, Thomas-Durell
dc.contributor.departmentNational Security Affairs (NSA)en_US
dc.date2016
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-08T16:43:05Z
dc.date.available2016-12-08T16:43:05Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionThe article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2016.1176564en_US
dc.description.abstractTraditionally, 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.en_US
dc.format.extent20 p.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTHE JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC STUDIES, 2016en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/50774
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.rightsThis 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.
dc.subject.authorUS Department of the Navyen_US
dc.subject.authorDefense Planningen_US
dc.subject.authorPlanningen_US
dc.subject.authorProgrammingen_US
dc.subject.authorBudgetingen_US
dc.subject.authorExecutionen_US
dc.subject.authorPPBEen_US
dc.titleWhen Programming Trumps Policy and Plans: The Case of the US Department of the Navyen_US
dc.typeArticle
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