Board #5 - Reprogramming in Defense: Politics and Patterns from 1999-2024

• In Event: 71-306 - Poster Session: Infrastructure, Budgeting, and Economic Development

Brief Overview

Using a novel dataset of DoD reprogramming actions from 1999-2024, we explore how military operations, elections, and divided government shape reprogramming and how various actors balance budget efficiency and accountability for national defense.

Author

• Knox Watson, United States Military Academy, West Point