The Chief Management Officer in the Department of Defense: Does It Matter?

Douglas A. Brook is Visiting Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. He is also Emeritus Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. At NPS he was Dean of the Graduate School of Business & Public Policy, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Center for Defense Management Research. Brook has served in four presidentially-appointed positions. While on leave from NPS he served a 14-month tour in the Pentagon s