Budgetary and Programming Obstacles to Army Transformation: A Challenge for Now and the Future
Abstract
The Army's current Transformation Roadmap is founded in the 1999 strategic vision of then Army Chief of Staff General Eric K. Shinseki. There is a new administration in office since this transformation began. The Army is now over five years into this transformation, and has a new Chief of Staff and Acting Secretary of the Army leading the process. At the time in 1999, there were no policies at the DOD or administration level toward transformation. With the new Bush administration, there are now policies at the DOD and administration level concerning transformation as well as Congressional oversight through the Government Accountability Office. As the Government's bureaucratic process begins to fully weigh in on transformation, obstacles to the process of transforming will arise where policies or the transformation process will have to be altered, eliminated or changed. This paper will examine Army transformation with respect to budgetary and programming obstacles within the Army, DOD, the current administration and Congressional policies. Specifically, what are the obstacles to Army transformation, do current policies allow these obstacles to be reduced or eliminated, and are new policies needed or does the transformation roadmap need to be changed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 18, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA432703
Entities
People
- Michael J. Teribury
Organizations
- United States Army War College