Pentagon leaders should have more control over services’ tech budgets, GAO suggests

The Pentagon could further accelerate its technology purchasing if the services’ emerging-tech budget requests flowed through the office of the defense undersecretary for research, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report. The report urges lawmakers to give "budget certification authority" for the services’ research and engineering spending to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. “This would require the secretary