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Read the key documents that describe what this agency wants to achieve, its performance to date, and what it plans to learn through research and evaluation
Strategic plan Performance plan & report Learning agendaMission
To provide the military forces needed to deter war and protect the Nation’s security.
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Where is this agency headed?
Strategic goals are updated every four years and represent the broad outcomes and impacts an agency aspires to achieve over the course of an Administration's term. To advance those goals, agencies define more specific, targeted Objectives to complete.
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4YR Goal
1
Making the Right Technology Investments and Transforming the Future Force
- Build a strong foundation for future science and technology by investing in the Department’s workforce, laboratory, and testing infrastructure
- Drive competitive advantage through capability delivery
- Modernize and sustain the nuclear deterrent and protect against chemical and biological threats
- Optimize to improve capabilities and drive efficiencies
4YR Goal
2
Strengthen Resilience and Adaptability of Our Defense Ecosystem
- Shape a 21st century defense industrial base
- Deliver sustainable logistics to support DoD
- Fortify and protect DoD installations through adaptation, mitigation, and resilience
- Enhance cybersecurity
- Work in partnership with our Nation, our allies, and our partners
- Increase the resiliency of C3 capabilities
4YR Goal
3
Taking Care of Our People and Cultivating the Workforce We Need
- Grow our talent to shape an appropriately skilled, resilient, and ready future workforce
- Build a safe and supportive environment for the Total Workforce 3.3 - Address the needs of families
- Mitigate COVID-19
- Increase the effectiveness of defense healthcare
4YR Goal
4
Address Institutional Management Priorities
- Deliver excellent, equitable, and secure DoD services and customer experiences
- Establish the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office to accelerate Department’s adoption of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence
- Optimize budget to execution
- Foster a high integrity funds control environment
- Accelerate the path to an unmodified audit opinion
- Optimize a secure systems environment