Pentagon Management Problems: Congress Shares the Blame


 

Publication Date: January 1985

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Theodore J. Crackel

Research Area: Government; Military and defense

Keywords: National security

Type: Report

Abstract:

Congress understandably is keenly interested in Pentagon policies and spending. After all, at stake are the nation's security and some $300 billion in taxpayer money this year alone. Some recent studies suggest that the Pentagon suffers from extraordinary management prob1ems.