Given the Goldwater Nichols Act: How Can Combatant Commanders Influence the PPBS Process?

The object of this research paper is to explore the history of COCOMs' influence in the PPBS process and what impact the Goldwater Nichols Act had in improving COCOM involvement in the final outcome of the POM and Service budgets, and finally what can be done to improve the Defense Resource Allocation process, or PPBS.