By Lauren C. Williams Mar 17, 2021 Could the Defense Department’s goal of having unified communications across the military -- along with an escalating tech competition with China -- be the impetus needed for true budget and acquisition reforms? Bill Greenwalt, a fellow for the American Enterprise Institute who served as the deputy undersecretary of defense for industrial policy during the Bush administration, said the budget process “is the single most important process to look at if you want to have acquisition reform.” “In the near term, we need to move fast because China’s moving fast,” embracing flexible budget pilots that could be for specific missions, while striving for long-term reforms, Greenwalt said during a March 5 virtual Hudson Institute event on budget agility and competing with China.