Reports of the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense (1986)
Subtitle: also known as "The Packard Commission"
Contributors: National Defense University. Library
Publisher: NDU Library
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Management; Organization; Armed Forces; Military planning; Military law; United States. Department of Defense
Other titles: Packard Commission reports
Description: "In July 1985, the Commission was charged by President Ronald Reagan, Executive Order 12526, July 15, 1985, to conduct a defense management study of important dimension, including the budget process, the procurement system, legislative oversight, and the organizational and operational arrangements, both formal and informal, among the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Unified and Specified Command systems, the Military Departments, and Congress."
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Table of contents: title: Legal structure of the defense organization; title: Interim report to the President; title: Formula for action; title: National security planning and budgeting; title: Conduct and accountability; title: Quest for excellence; title: Quest for excellence: appendix.