Staff Meeting, 1966 March15 Digital

The audio recording recording documents a staff meeting that took place on March 15, 1966. On the first side of the tape the staff discuss the Lachlan Air Force Base’s budget along with the Base’s reporting of their expenses. The staff seem to take on an advisory role to the base and are trying to make recommendations and give advice. They discuss topics such as operations and rules of the base, management, the civil engineering staff and their work, which units should be dictated as service units versus mission units, and program structures. The second side of the tape records a later meeting about the same topic. The goal of this meeting is to come to more concrete/clear conclusions after the previous two meetings. The main speaker identifies the goal of the meeting as creating a better system in the department of defense and the need to specify/clearly define criteria that proves this system will be better. Topics discussed include working capital, operating activities, the manager in relation to the system as well as the manager in general, new obligation authority, an overview of budgeting at an air force base, and how the navy operates.