Cross-Functional Teams in Defense Reform: Help or Hindrance?

Authors

Christopher J. Lamb, Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

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Description

On May 12, 2016, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) announced its markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2017. Committee chairman John McCain (RAZ) stated that the bill “contains the most sweeping reforms of the organization of the Department of Defense [DOD] in a generation.” The House Armed Services Committee version of the NDAA contained fewer reforms, but the committee emphasized that reform was necessary because “security challenges have become more transregional, multi-domain, and multi-functional. . . . U.S. superiority in key warfighting areas is at risk with other nations’ technological advances; and . . . [DOD] lacks the agility and adaptability necessary to support timely decisionmaking and the rapid fielding of new capabilities.”

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

8-2016

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Recommended Citation

Lamb, Christopher J., "Cross-Functional Teams in Defense Reform: Help or Hindrance?" (2016). Strategic Forums. 98.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-forums/98