Rolling Over Funds: An Easy Way to Make Pentagon More Efficient
Jul 20th, 2020 2 min read
COMMENTARY BY
Thomas Spoehr
Key Takeaways
When the year’s funding doesn’t arrive until January and must be spent by October, it causes a cascade of problems.
Those organizations that fail to spend their money are typically penalized by having their future budgets reduced proportionately.
Allowing the Pentagon to rollover a portion of the operating funds they are provided is an easy (and free) reform that would pay handsome dividends.
https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/rolling-over-funds-easy-way-make-pentagon-more-efficient