DoD can work more collaboratively with other national security agencies, such as State and Agency for International Development, to build the strong partnerships needed to adapt to the changing complexities of the national security environment, Gene Dodaro, the acting comptroller general has said.
In remarks before an audience at the National Defense University in Washington D.C., Dodaro spoke of a number of internal fiscal pressures the department is facing as it tries to support ongoing operations, rebuild readiness, and prepare for the future.
Dodaro called for creative solutions to dealing with fiscal constraints, saying "everything must be on the table and subject to scrutiny," including "stove-piped approaches to planning and budgeting that have typically led to a mismatch between programs and budgets."
National security agencies will need to balance investments in current missions and in capabilities to meet future challenges, but they will also need to build stronger partnerships and the capacity to collaborate, Dodaro said.
He said, for example, interagency collaboration could be improved by "developing and implementing overarching, integrated strategies, formalizing coordination mechanisms to overcome organizational differences, developing a well-trained workforce, and sharing and integrating national security information across agencies."
