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Budgeting, Financial Management, and Acquisition Reform in the U.S. Department of Defense (PB) (Research in Public Management) | 
 enlarge | Authors: L R Jones, Jerry L McCaffery
Publisher: Information Age Publishing
Category: Book
Buy New: $45.99
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Rating:  3 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 736
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.8
ISBN: 1593118708
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.6220973
EAN: 9781593118709
Publication Date: December 20, 2007
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Product Description
In this book we have introduced the basics of the federal budget process, provided an historical background on the foundation and development of the budget process, indicated how defense spending may be measured and how it impacts the economy, described and analyzed how Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System (PPBES) operates and should function to produce the annual defense budget proposal to Congress, analyzed the role of Congress in debating and deciding on defense appropriations and the politics of the budgetary process including the use of supplemental appropriations to fund national defense, analyzed budget execution dynamics, identified the principal participants in the defense budget process in the Pentagon and military commands, assessed federal and Department of Defense (DoD) financial management and business process challenges and issues, and described the processes used to resource acquisition of defense war fighting assets, including reforms in acquisition and linkages between PPBES and the defense acquisition process.
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 Don't buy this book! March 30, 2009
tjs3
Do not buy this book no matter what! The older version is cheaper and almost identical missing only a list of acronyms in the back which is neither necessary nor required. This book is horribly written as others have already commented. This book has clearly never been edited or read, even by its authors. Misspellings everywhere, sentences that don't make sense and very repetitive. Sad to see a company would publish it.
 Defense Budget Text March 1, 2008
Pat
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The product was in good condition. The text itself is not an easy read. It has too many acronyms which distract from the content. You will end up looking back to figure out what given acronyms stand for andf lose track of the reading.
Time better spent reading a phone book February 13, 2008
John Grisham (Monterey, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The author is my instructor. He's a super nice guy, genuinely concerned with his students and generally quite humorous. The book, however, is a disaster. Personally, I'd be embarassed to put my name on the cover. There is a ton of unorganized information presented in a rambling of acronyms, run on sentences and long chapters. It's extremely difficult to extract or retain any knowledge at all from this book. Your time will be better spent reading the phone book.
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