Defense Management: DOD Needs to Improve Future Assessments of Roles and Missions
Abstract
Every 4 years, DOD is required to conduct and report on a comprehensive assessment the Quadrennial Roles and Missions Review of the roles and missions of the armed services and the core competencies and capabilities of DOD to perform and support such roles and missions.19 Specifically, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is to conduct an independent military assessment of the roles and missions of the armed forces, assignment of functions among the armed services, and any recommendations regarding issues that need to be addressed. The Secretary of Defense is then to identify the core mission areas of the armed services; the core competencies and capabilities associated with these mission areas; the DOD component responsible for providing the identified core competency or capability; any gaps in the ability of the component to provide the competency or capability; any unnecessary duplication of competencies or capabilities between components; and a plan for addressing any gaps or unnecessary duplication. The Secretary is then to submit a report on this Quadrennial Roles and Missions Review following the review and not later than the submission of the President s budget for the next fiscal year; however, the statutory reporting requirement does not explicitly require that all required elements of the assessment be reported. The Quadrennial Roles and Missions Review that resulted in the July 2012 submission occurred amid a series of strategy and policy reviews that DOD has undertaken over the past 5 years. Some of these reviews resulted in specific strategy documents, such as the National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy, National Military Strategy, and National Security Space Strategy. DOD is also required to conduct two reviews on a regular basis that relate to the Quadrennial Roles and Missions Review: the Quadrennial Defense Review and the Biennial Review of DOD Agencies and Field Activities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2014
- Accession Number
- ADA607361
Entities
People
- Amie Lesser
- Brent Helt
- Darreisha M. Bates
- Devin L. O'neill
- Elizabeth Curda
- Gina Flacco
- John H. Pendleton
- Leia Dickerson
- Mae Jones
- Margaret Morgan
- Tracy Abdo
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office