Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appears aware of this — he has directed the bureaucracy to present him with “future-state organization charts” — but he lacks a guiding philosophy.

That offer will be good until next week. And the Army has until Friday to propose new organizational charts that reduce civilian staffing levels and cut agencies that aren’t deemed necessary.

This combining of information encourages department responsibility and identifies all responsible parties across the organization ... a PERT chart. Custom software with ready-made templates ...