On August 2, Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist issued a memo calling for a “comprehensive zero-based review of all defense-wide (DW) functions and activities” in the Depa… See more

Deputy Norquist’s memo refers to the review as a “zero-based budgeting review.” Standard budgeting practices typically adjust planned expenditures and funding allocations … See more

The immediate goal of the review, according to the deputy secretary’s memo, is to identify funding in defense-wide accounts to be reallocated for the FY 2021 budget req… See more

The Fourth Estate has long faced criticism from detractors both in Congress and within DoD for inefficiencies, redundancies, and waste. The aforementioned 2018 GAO report, for e… See more

While expectations are high for this review, especially given the positive performance of the Army’s “Night Court” process under Esper, they must also be measured, given the numero… See more