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John Liang is managing editor of InsideDefense and Inside Missile Defense. He has been with the IWP Defense Group since 1997. He holds a master's degree in international policy studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a bachelor's degree in languages from Georgetown University.
While the Defense Department and military services have put out strategic or business transformation plans in the past, DOD hasn't coordinated with the services "to align their strategic planning efforts for business transformation with those of the department," according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
House and Senate authorizers are calling on the Pentagon's cost assessment and program evaluation office to look into the modernization requirements of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system.
House and Senate defense authorization negotiators want the Missile Defense Agency to look into the feasibility of "transportable" Ground-based Interceptors.
House and Senate defense authorization negotiators are calling on the Government Accountability Office to look into the Patriot missile defense system's maintenance and recapitalization plans.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) this evening introduced a short-term continuing resolution to keep the government funded until April 28, 2017 that features money for Overseas Contingency Operations, the Ohio-class Submarine Replacement Program, military helicopters, the KC-46 airborne refueling tanker and more.
Continued coverage of the Reagan Defense Forum plus the Navy's immediate budget priorities headline this Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Coverage from this past weekend's Reagan Defense Forum leads off this Monday INSIDER Daily Digest.
The full Senate considers the FY-17 defense policy conference report this week, plus Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work gives a pair of speeches, and more.
Trump's selection of "Mad Dog" Mattis to be defense secretary kicks off this Friday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Air Force.
House lawmakers today passed the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization conference bill by a 375-34 vote.
The Army recently finished an environmental assessment looking into installing solar energy equipment on its bases.
The Pentagon recently issued a report on additive manufacturing (AM).
Foreign military sales lead off this Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest.
The FY-17 defense authorization bill leads off this Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest.
Virginia Democratic Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are calling on the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee leadership to protect funding for the Carrier Replacement Program during the fiscal year 2017 appropriations process.
President-elect Donald Trump this week added a number of people to his Defense Department transition team: Dakota Wood, David Trachtenberg, Craig Duehring, retired Navy Reserve Rear Adm. Kenneth Braithwaite, and Mark Albrecht.
Some big budget news headlines this Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest.
As a result of government austerity efforts, federal agencies have saved around $30 million in conference spending in recent years, according to a memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget.
The Joint Strike Fighter, continued coverage of DOD's latest FIAR report and more highlight this Monday INSIDER Daily Digest.