Conferees on the fiscal year 2016 defense policy bill have adopted a provision aimed at ensuring that cybersecurity-related problems and other shortcomings are addressed in the Army's Joint Battle Command-Platform program. Lawmakers used a customary legislative tactic, the fencing-in of program funding until defense leaders provide plans to make certain adjustments, to force the service to act. In this case, 25 percent of funding for the program in FY-2016, which stands to be $133 million, would be held back until...
