Defense Transformation: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Bush Administration identified transformation as a major goal for the Department of Defense (DOD) soon after taking office, and initially justified many of its proposals for DOD on the grounds that they are needed for defense transformation. The Administration's early emphasis on transformation altered the framework of debate for numerous issues relating to U.S. defense policy and programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 16, 2007
Accession Number
AD1171953

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Attrition
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Planning
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Capabilities
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • Officer Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Training
  • War Games
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.