Less Paperwork, More Firepower: Fixing the Pentagon’s HR Overload : American Enterprise Institute , March 10 , 2025
March 10, 2025
American Enterprise Institute
Less Paperwork, More Firepower: Fixing the Pentagon’s HR Overload : American Enterprise Institute , March 10 , 2025
March 10, 2025
American Enterprise Institute
From the document: "As DOGE chainsaws its way through Washington bureaucracy, good ideas that have been on the shelf awaiting action deserve a re-look. As my AEI colleague Todd Harrison and I said previously, the Pentagon needs to start closing entire offices and shifting any necessary statutory requirements to other organizations whenever possible.
Trimming headcount alone will not bring greater efficiency without also cutting workload that is no longer necessary due to technology improvements, threat adjustments, or leadership changes.
One office that needs to be shuttered is the Pentagon’s Under Secretariat of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, or P&R (a close second due for serious examination is the Under Secretariat for Intelligence and Security).
Most of the blame for the Pentagon’s outmoded human resources system—and the difficulties in understanding how ready military units are for the missions they are called upon to undertake—lies with the bureaucrats tasked with producing and implementing the military’s human resources and readiness policies."
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