Transitions in Defense Management Reform: A Review of the Government Accountability Office's Chief Managment Officer Recommendation and Comments for the New Administration
Abstract
The Government Accountability Office believes the
answer to the U.S. Defense Department’s persistent
management problems is to be found in the creation
of a new position, chief management officer, to oversee
defense business transformation. The recommendation for
this position is reviewed and used to raise questions and
spur inquiry in the areas of evidence-based reform, the
relationship between policy and administration, auditor
overreach, and sustaining reforms through transition.
Th e latter portion is expanded in this time of transition,
and recommendations are made to the new administration
to develop a management agenda, to the defense
career executives to facilitate the transition, and to the
next comptroller general to consider how the Government
Accountability Office’s varied roles produce outputs that
align with the desired outcomes in both the policy and
administration domains.
Description
Public Administration Review; Nov/Dec 2008
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