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Federal News Network article by Jared Serbu: “On Capitol Hill and inside the Pentagon, there are efforts underway to make sure the PPBE commission’s report on budget reform doesn’t get ignored. Hicks’ personal involvement in the effort is essential, and may be a key differentiator from past blue-ribbon commissions whose reports never produced much steam,” said Jerry McGinn. “Nothing will get things moving faster than that. If you’ve got a cross functional team empowered by the deputy, then you’re going to get action,” he said. “If it’s stood up under Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation or some other lower level official, is not going to do anything. So if you want effect, that’s how you get effect.”