The BRAC commission will soon strike the tents, start the caravan, and go home. The panel held its final public hearing on Saturday, and its final deliberations end on Aug. 27. President Bush will receive the final recommendations by Sept. 8.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.
