Automating PPBE: Decision Lens Cofounder and CSO speaks with Federal News Network
“Planners are in a permanently reactive state because of these antiquated processes,” said Dan Saaty, Decision Lens co-founder and Chief Sci...
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The Future of PPBE: Part 1 - Agility
Introduction The Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Reform released its final report on March 6, 2024. The final assessment lays the groundwork for a new future of defense re...
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How TRADOC Modernized its UFR Process
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) The United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is responsible for r...
Digital Transformation Financial ManagementSurvey Suggests it's Time to Lean in to Digital Transformation
Agencies within the Federal Government have long seen the need to change how they operate, but the obstacles to overcome in moving from manu...
Digital Transformation2021 in Review: Product Updates and what’s Ahead for 2022
In 2021, we set out to make Decision Lens easier to use, more powerful, and to expand our financial management capabilities. We are proud to...
NewsDecision Lens Promotes Josh Martin to Chief Marketing Officer
January 28, 2022 Decision Lens, the integrated planning software company modernizing how government prioritizes, plans, and funds today anno...
NewsWhat is Integrated Planning? (And How to be Successful at it!)
What is Integrated Planning? Integrated planning is a cross-functional process that ensures all stakeholders are involved at the right time ...
PlanningSection 11204 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
What You Need to Know About Section 11204 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act The recently passed Infrastructure bill presents an ...
PrioritizationBridging the Gap Between Data and Decisions
Have you been in this situation? On Monday leadership asks for a Friday presentation. There are many moving parts, manual processes, stakeho...
Data & Reporting Decision MakingEverything you need to know about PPBS
What is PPBS? The Planning Programming Budgeting System (PPBS), also frequently referred to as PPBE, is a resource allocation system that su...
Financial ManagementBecoming a Model for Modernized Services
Space Force, the newest branch of the Armed forces and the first completely digital agency in the United States released their digital visio...
Digital TransformationHow to get to Better Reporting
Though private industry has made great strides automating their processes over the last 20 years, the public sector is still struggling with...
Data & ReportingInnovation Lifecycles: How to Maximize R&D ROI Through Collaborative Decision Making
What is an Innovation Life Cycle? An “Innovation Lifecycle” is the different stages of the innovation process, including the conditions and ...
Decision MakingWhat is Government Innovation?
Innovation is a term that gets used quite often to mean various things. When talking about government innovation specifically, it is importa...
What is Strategic Planning? | The Strategic Planning Process Revealed
What is Strategic Planning? Strategic planning is a form of organizational management that helps an organization define what it is, what it ...
PlanningTop 6 Tips to Getting Your Budget Approved
Across the Federal Government there are many challenges in getting to the point where a budget is ready for submission, including, time crun...
Financial ManagementProviding Lifesaving Organ Transplants to our Nation
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is the private, non-profit organization that serves as the nation’s Organ Procurement and Transp...
PrioritizationProgram Objective Memorandum (POM) Planning and the PPBE Process
What is the POM cycle (Program Objective Memorandum cycle)? The Program Objective Memorandum (POM) is part of the Programming Phase of the P...
Financial ManagementDL Labs: Investing in Employee Driven Innovation
Like Google and other silicon valley tech companies, Decision Lens has its own brand of time allotted so that developers can work on innovat...
NewsPPBE: Everything You Need to Know
What is PPBE? There are three processes (Acquisition, Requirements, and Funding) supporting the Defense Acquisition System. The Planning, Pr...
Planning Prioritization Financial ManagementQ&A from ASMC PDI Panel Modernizing DoD Financial Management Reporting
The push for real-time analytics across the DoD has reached a fever pitch. Though private industry has made great strides over the last 20 y...
Financial ManagementCreating Excellence in Local IT Strategic Planning
How are different state and local entities handling the push for IT Centralization? What are some successes that have come about as a result...
Planning3 ways Automating Budgeting Formulations will Transform your Organization
Charneta Samms, Chief, Plans and Programs, Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory (ARL); and Gregory Lit...
Financial ManagementMidyear Review Reporting- An Insider's View
At our recent webinar, “Improve Mid-Year Review Reporting- An Insider’s View”, 316th Wing Inspector General Lt. Col. Benjamin Milarch and De...
Data & ReportingHow to Save Time and Resources During your Intake Process
Are you still sending and receiving dozens of Excel spreadsheets to keep track of your project submissions and requirements? Although most o...
Decision MakingBuilding Confidence in the S&T Process at USDA APHIS
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) program safeguards U.S. agriculture and natu...
Decision Making5 Ways to Modernize your Science and Technology Planning
Now more than ever, S&T planners are tasked with the enormous challenge of rapidly solving for the world’s most pressing challenges and ...
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Financial ManagementUFR Process Modernization: Transitioning from UFR 1.0 to UFR 2.0
"The singular pain point in the process is really being able to line up true requirements in evaluating risks based on previously establishe...
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