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No one particularly likes the way the Defense Department andCongress handle the DoD budgeting process. It’s rigid, inflexible, and veryslow. But the PPBE process, as it’s called, has been encoded into the DNA ofthe Defense bureaucracy for more than 60 years, and turning the ship around isgoing to be very tough.   That’s why there are at least two panels of experts who’llbe working on the problem over the next year or more: one chartered by Congress, andone organized by the American Society of Military Comptrollers. On this week’sshow, Jared Serbu talks with several participants in the latter group:  -- Michael Conlin, former DoD chief data officer and chairmanof the ASMC PPBE Reform Task Force   -- George Kovatch, former DoD deputy comptroller and ASMC taskforce member  -- Maj. Gen. Cameron Holt (ret.), former deputy assistantsecretary of the Air Force for contracting, and member of the ASMC task force  -- Rich Brady, a retired Marine Corps colonel and the CEO ofASMC