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LIST OF ACRONYMS 6
FOREWORD 7
OVERVIEW 8
RECOMMENDATION 1: The DoD and Congress empower and resource five Program Executive Officers (PEOs) to operate via a new capability portfolio model in 2024 9
RECOMMENDATION 2: Acquisition executives propose consolidated program elements to congressional staff and negotiate what can be included in the Fiscal Year (FY)... 9
RECOMMENDATION 3: Congressional appropriations committees reset reprogramming authorities to historical norms in their FY 2024 joint explanatory statements 10
RECOMMENDATION 4: Congress directs DoD to elevate the DIU to a direct report to DepSecDef and resource it effectively to align and harness the nontraditional... 10
RECOMMENDATION 5: Strengthen existing capital market programs and create new pathways for mission-critical technologies 11
RECOMMENDATION 6: Congress, OSD, and SAEs increase incentives and reduce barriers for leading technology companies to do business with the DoD by September 2024 12
RECOMMENDATION 7: USD comptroller proposes streamlined budget justification and chief digital and artificial intelligence officer (CDAO) modernizes supporting details... 13
RECOMMENDATION 8: Tying Experimentation to Acquisition Outcomes: Scaling and Accelerating Successful Demonstrations 13
RECOMMENDATION 9: USD(A&S) and acquisition executives propose realigning existing organizations to adopt the Space Development Agency (SDA) model,... 14
RECOMMENDATION 10: VCJCS and services establish a team to collaboratively modernize JCIDS and service requirements processes by September 2024 14
CONCLUSIONS AND NEXT STEPS 15
BIOGRAPHIES 16
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 18