The U.S. national security community faces a rise in global threats and a rapidly changing technological environment that offers both challenges and opportunities for the future fight. Adversaries and competitors are contesting the United States’ traditional edge in innovation, agility, global power projection, and ability to shape the strategic environment. To stay competitive, the United States must be able to engage with industry, harness technological advances, and field new capabilities with unaccustomed speed and flexibility-and to do so within ever-tightening budget constraints.
Congress, the Department of Defense, and other key stakeholders are working on once-in-a-generation changes to the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process to foster greater speed, agility, and innovation. The congressionally mandated Commission on PPBE Reform will present an opportunity to advance these efforts when it submits its final report to Congress in March 2024.
In this video, a distinguished panel of leaders discuss their visions for PPBE reform. The event will feature
• Hon. Chuck Hagel (introduction), former Secretary of Defense
• Hon. Bob Hale, Chair of the PPBE Reform Commission
• Hon. Eric Fanning, Commissioner, PPBE Reform Commission
• Hon. Frank Kendall III, Secretary of the Air Force
• Hon. Dr. William A. LaPlante, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
• Ms. Lara Sayer, Executive Director for the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) Reform
• Dr. Stephanie Young (moderator), Director of Resource Management Program, RAND Project AIR FORCE
Learn More about PPBE Reform
The PPBE Reform Commission maintains a website detailing its activities, including the commission's interim report.
Additionally, findings from a series of 2024 RAND reports are described in a recent National Security Up Front on PPBE reform.