US defense budget outcomes : volatility and predictability in army weapons funding /: volatility and predictability in army weapons funding. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: United States defense budget outcomes
• Further Information: Note: Heidi Brockmann Demarest.
• Authors: Demarest, Heidi Brockmann, 1979-
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; 1 Why the Defense Budget Is Worth Considering; 1.1 Introduction to the Defense Budget; 1.1.1 Size and Scope; 1.1.2 The Unpredictable Stryker Problem; 1.1.3 Public Budgeting: Conventional Wisdom; 1.2 Volatility in Budgeting: A Roadmap; 1.2.1 Understanding Budgeting and Defense Acquisition; 1.2.2 Uncovering Turmoil in Stable Budgets; 1.2.3 Some Explanations for Funding Volatility; 1.2.4 Army Engagement with Congress; 1.2.5 The Informal Budget Process; References; 2 Congress Reviews the Army's Budget. 2.1 February: The Budget Request Arrives on Capitol Hill2.2 March-April: DASC Parades; 2.3 May-August: Marks; 2.4 September: The Budget; 3 An Acquisition and Budgeting Primer; 3.1 The Defense Acquisition Life Cycle; 3.1.1 The Condemned Crusader; 3.1.2 Acquisition Basics; 3.1.3 The Evolution of Defense Acquisition Policy; 3.1.4 Why the Defense Acquisition System Works, and Doesn't; 3.1.5 Budgeting Implications of the Defense Acquisition System; 3.1.6 An Acquisition Footnote: The MRAP; 3.2 The Defense Budgeting Process; 3.2.1 The Pentagon's Budget Cycle. 3.2.2 Congress and the President's Budget Request3.2.3 Critical Relationships in Defense Acquisition and Budgeting; 3.3 Additional Influences on the Defense Budgeting Process; 3.3.1 The Defense Industry; 3.3.2 The Media; 3.3.3 The Office of the Secretary of Defense; 3.3.4 The Influence of Process on Program Funding; References; 4 Uncovering Turmoil in Stable Budgets; 4.1 Aggregate Budgets Are Incremental; 4.1.1 Domestic Agency Budgets Are Incremental; 4.1.2 The Defense Budget Is Incremental; 4.1.3 The Army Budget Is Incremental; 4.2 Army Program Funding is Not Incremental. 4.2.1 The Hippo, the Bradley, and Aerial Common Sensor4.2.2 Congressional Funding Data; 4.2.3 Volatility in Congressional Marks, Fiscal Year 2007; 4.2.4 Volatility in Congressional Marks, Fiscal Years 2004-2009; 4.2.5 How Persistent Are Non-incremental Budget Outcomes?; References; 5 Some Explanations for Budget Volatility; 5.1 Program-Specific Factors; 5.1.1 The Belabored Ground Combat Vehicle; 5.1.2 The Importance of Cost, Schedule, and Performance; 5.1.3 Funding Volatility Is Insensitive to Program Capability; 5.1.4 Funding Volatility Is Insensitive to Program Size; 5.2 Defense Contractors. 5.2.1 Geographic and Fiscal Data5.2.2 Funding Volatility Is Insensitive to Vendors; 5.2.3 Feuding Families of Medium Tactical Vehicles; 5.2.4 A Brief Note on Lobbying; 5.3 Congressional Interests Influence Resources; 5.3.1 The Oklahoma Delegation; 5.3.2 Funding Volatility Is Insensitive to States; 5.3.3 Funding Volatility Is Insensitive to Jobs and Elections; 5.3.4 Why the Army Bought New Uniforms for Afghanistan; References; 6 Army Engagement with Congress; 6.1 The Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter; 6.2 How the Army Interacts with Congress.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 355.6/22973; Political science; Democracy; Public policy; Politics and war; Public finance; HISTORY -- Military -- Other; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science; Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures; Expenditures, Public; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Political Science -- Public Policy -- General; Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security; Business & Economics -- Public Finance; Political structures: democracy; Public administration; Political structure & processes; Warfare & defence; Public finance; Political Science -- Government -- General; Politics & government; United States -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures; United States; Electronic books; Appropriations and expenditures
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319523019; 3319523015
• Related ISBNs: 9783319523002; 3319523007
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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