Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
Leader selection and assessment is a critical leader task. Unfortunately, it is often based on technical skills or dominated by an HR process that may have little to do with virtue and leadership.
DOGE appears to be taking a short-term approach to change. Audits are rearward looking and point-in-time. While important, they will not systematically change the federal government.
I understand the conflict is ongoing and does not have a known end date or end state conditions. But the sooner the USG, NATO, and the EU think through the dynamics of assessment, the quicker they can respond and conduct it. If they stand up coordinated assessment teams now, they can start assessing pre-conflict items, and conflict response now and gathering data.