Chief Management Officer for the DoD: Does It Matter?

A CDMR study examines how DoD has implemented Congress-mandated chief management officers—finding both accomplishments and criticisms.

In the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2008, Congress acted on a recommendation originating from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to mandate the establishment of chief management officers (CMO) in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and each of the three service components. A 2013 study by the Center for Defense Management Res