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Defense Business Board

Index Defense Business Board

The Defense Business Board was established in 2001 as a complement to broader transformation efforts in the Department of Defense from an overly burdensome bureaucracy to a more streamlined, effective organization. [1]

20 relations: Ash Carter, Best practice, Bob Woodward, Bureaucracy, Chuck Hagel, Craig Whitlock, Defense Innovation Advisory Board, Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, Defense Science Board, Federal Advisory Committee Act, Frank Kendall III, Government Accountability Office, McKinsey & Company, Office of Management and Budget, Robert O. Work, RSA Conference, San Francisco, The Washington Post, United States Department of Defense, United States Secretary of Defense.

Ash Carter

Ashton Baldwin Carter (born September 24, 1954) is an American physicist and former Harvard University professor of Science and International Affairs who served as the 25th United States Secretary of Defense from February 2015 to January 2017.

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Best practice

A best practice is a method or technique that has been generally accepted as superior to any alternatives because it produces results that are superior to those achieved by other means or because it has become a standard way of doing things, e.g., a standard way of complying with legal or ethical requirements.

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Bob Woodward

Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist and non-fiction author.

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Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy refers to both a body of non-elective government officials and an administrative policy-making group.

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Chuck Hagel

Charles Timothy Hagel (born October 4, 1946), The Associated Press, published in The News-Times, December 17, 2012.

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Craig Whitlock

Craig Michael Whitlock (born 1968) is a journalist working for The Washington Post, where he is responsible for covering the Pentagon and national security.

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Defense Innovation Advisory Board

The Defense Innovation Board is an organization set up in 2016 to bring the technological innovation and best practice of Silicon Valley to the U.S. Military.

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Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee

The Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, also referred to as the Defense Policy Board (DPBAC or DPB), is a federal advisory committee to the United States Department of Defense.

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Defense Science Board

The Defense Science Board (DSB) is a committee of civilian experts appointed to advise the U.S. Department of Defense on scientific and technical matters.

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Federal Advisory Committee Act

The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), is a United States federal law which governs the behavior of federal advisory committees.

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Frank Kendall III

Frank Kendall III (born January 26, 1949) is an American lawyer serving under President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.

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Government Accountability Office

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is a legislative branch government agency that provides auditing, evaluation, and investigative services for the United States Congress.

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McKinsey & Company

McKinsey & Company is an American worldwide management consulting firm.

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Office of Management and Budget

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP).

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Robert O. Work

Robert Orton Work (born January 17, 1953) is a United States national security professional who served as the 32nd United States Deputy Secretary of Defense for both the Obama and Trump administrations from 2014 to 2017.

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RSA Conference

The RSA Conference is a series of IT security conferences.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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United States Department of Defense

The Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Secretary of Defense

The Secretary of Defense (SecDef) is the leader and chief executive officer of the Department of Defense, the executive department of the Armed Forces of the United States of America.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Business_Board

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