Financial Management Blog Posts

Defining the Top Acronyms in the Final PPBE Reform Report

Introduction As the DoD and Congress begin to consider the recommendations put forth by the PPBE Reform Commission, we would like to highlig...

Understanding the Key Elements of PPBE Reform

Introduction The Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process is a complex system comprising thousands of moving parts in ...

The Future of PPBE: Part 3 - It's all about Advana

It’s all about Advana This article is part of a series analyzing the final PPBE report issued by the Reform Commission on March 6. Part 1 lo...

The Future of PPBE: Part 2 - The Multi-Front Reform Battle

Introduction This article is Part 2 in a series analyzing the impact of recommendations made in the final PPBE Reform Commission Report. Par...

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 a...

PPBE Report: Impact on Planners, FMers and Comptrollers

Introduction On August 15, the PPBE Reform Commission released its interim report which included potential recommendations and findings to d...

The Six Guiding Principles of a Next Generation Defense Budget System: It Must Be Continuous

Introduction This article is part of a series of articles focusing on the elements a next generation budget defense system must include to o...

The Six Guiding Principles of a Next Generation Defense Budget System: It Must Deliver Mission Alignment

Introduction This article is part of a series that explores the critical components of a next-generation defense budget system designed to t...

The Six Guiding Principles of a Next Generation Defense Budget System: It Must Be Enterprise-Wide

Introduction This article is part of a series of articles focusing on the elements a next generation budget defense system must include to o...

The Six Guiding Principles of a Next Generation Budget Defense System: It Must Embed Transparency and Accountability

Introduction This article is part of a series of articles focusing on the elements a next generation budget defense system must include to o...

The Six Guiding Principles of a Next Generation Budget Defense System: It Must Be Natively Collaborative

Introduction This article is part of a series focusing on the elements a next-generation defense budget system must include to overcome the ...

The Six Guiding Principles of a Next Generation Budget Defense System: It Must be Powered by Leading-Edge Technology

This article is part of a series of articles focusing on the elements a next generation budget defense system must include to overcome the c...

Overview: Six Guiding Principles of a Next-Generation Defense Budget System Whitepaper

Now more than ever our adversaries are posing a real threat to our economy, sovereignty, and security. As other countries are investing in r...

PPBE Commission Recommendation: Congress should require the DoD to utilize scenario-based prioritization budgeting tools

Congress has made improving the financial system of the DoD a main priority to eliminate the acquisition “Valley of Death” and allow the U.S...

DoD PPBE Data Problems Can Be Fixed Now

As the fervor for PPBE modernization increases, Federal News Network and Decision Lens continued their series on Modernizing Federal Governm...

How the Army will balance contingency and long-term needs

“We're frequently working on three budgets at the same time” – Douglas Bush, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and ...

Modernizing PPBE: DoD budget process must keep up with real needs

On March 22, Tom Temin of Federal News Network interviewed Juliet Beyler the Executive Director for U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa’s fo...

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...

Everything 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...

Top 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...

Program 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...

Q&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...

3 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...

Ensuring Readiness: Modernizing the PPBE Process

Panel: Financial Management Challenges are Consistent Across the DoD

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UFR 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...

4 Signs You’re Not Allocating Resources Efficiently

Successful businesses are constantly finding ways to streamline costs, eliminate waste and improve profitability levels. Stakeholders want a...

Gartner Case Study on Cost Cutting via Portfolio Management at Boeing

When technology is squarely at the center of your business differentiation, trying to find ways to cut costs OUT of technology can be an ard...