How to Download Bureaucratic Nirvana: Life in the Center of the Box PDF
In writing this how-to book for Pentagon contractors, administrators and researchers, Hugh Montgomery drew on more than four decades of experience, a significant portion of which was spent as the Department of the Navy's senior career civilian for Science and Technology (S&T) requirements and resources and Resource Sponsor for the programs executed by the Office of Naval Research, to afford a better understanding of how to approach the vast federal system for funding or information. In creating a roadmap toward “…peace, enlightenment and potential funding in the Pentagon R&D bureaucracy,” Montgomery describes a much-maligned federal system as an unexpectedly interesting entity. This volume begins with the basics of the president’s budget and culminates in the sophisticated machinations of the Pentagon's R&D funding hierarchy. Case examples based on decades of experience provide a thorough guide to the practices - and pitfalls - that affect a successful career in governmental R&D.
