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Jordana Mishory was managing editor of Inside the Pentagon until May 2017, where she covered the Pentagon's science and technology programs, audit-readiness efforts, and acquisition reform. Jordana previously worked as a reporter at the Daily Business Review in South Florida, where her articles led to the institution of more diversity training for judges and underscored the fact that a program designed to represent poor people wasn't working. Jordana's work has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, The Florida Bar and the Florida Press Club.
The White House has released fiscal year 2017 budget guidance for how resources to counter biological threats should be prioritized, calling on executive agencies to prioritize programs that prevent avoidable epidemics, detect threats early and respond quickly and effectively to global events.
Lawmakers are discussing differences between the House and Senate fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bills this week with an eye toward taking floor action next week on a single bill, House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) said Wednesday.
The Pentagon is training about 60 Syrian fighters to battle the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant -- an amount much smaller than hoped for, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told disappointed lawmakers Tuesday.
The Defense Department is "actively reviewing" critical infrastructure needed for the research and development of capabilities to defend against chemical and biological threats, the assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs wrote in a response to a congressional watchdog report.
The House Armed Services Committee intends to take a closer look at how effective the United States efforts are to train and equip its allies, according to the panel's chairman, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX).
As the House and Senate gear up to align their versions of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill, the head of the House Armed Services Committee continues to downplay a major conference issue related to a Senate proposal that would empower military service chiefs at the expense of Pentagon civilians.
As the Senate gears up to vote on the fiscal year 2016 defense spending bill this week, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that he continues to support the White House's plan to veto the legislation.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) predicts that -- in a "drastic change" from the past few years -- the House and Senate will pass the fiscal year 2016 conference defense authorization bill by the end of July.
Following a recent incident in which a U.S. surveillance plane flew over artificial islands China has erected in the South China Sea, the Pentagon has reissued an instruction on the use of international airspace by U.S. military aircraft and for missile and projectile firings.
The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee approved a fiscal year 2016 spending bill Tuesday that would provide $490 billion in base budget funding for the Pentagon, accompanied by an $87 billion overseas contingency operations account, but top-ranking lawmakers are resigned to the long, partisan budget clash that lies ahead.
The Pentagon and the National Nuclear Security Administration intend to update a nearly two-decades-old memorandum of agreement for the council tasked with coordinating the two agencies that maintain the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.
The Pentagon seeks to develop a stronger connection between the requirements and technology personnel, acquisition chief Frank Kendall told reporters Thursday.
The Pentagon is still sorting out its response to the Edward Snowden security breach, according to Richard Hale, the Defense Department's deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity, who said DOD is working to drive out network anonymity and more aggressively monitor its cyber systems.
The Pentagon should establish a clear transition goal for its Rapid Innovation Program to help enhance the department's ability to move technologies to acquisition programs, the Government Accountability Office recommends in a report released Thursday.
A former congressional staffer who once asked tough questions of the Pentagon is now the one answering them as the nominee to be the next Defense Department deputy chief management officer -- and he does not share the department's optimism when it comes to successfully auditing the books.
The United States needs to focus missile-defense dollars on technologies that can help it compete with other nations using relatively inexpensive rockets, not on a new East Coast missile defense site, according to the chief of U.S. Northern Command.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) wants defense authorizers to take a close look at the Goldwater-Nichols Act over the next two years to examine whether it is achieving its goals.
The Pentagon's acting research and engineering chief is calling for more funding and industry research in the area of electronic warfare, noting that all of the department's weapons efforts could be meaningless without it.
Adding billions of dollars to the overseas contingency operations fund as a way to increase the Pentagon's budget without altering the defense-spending caps set by the Budget Control Act of 2011 is not an efficient way to budget, the chiefs of three combatant commands told lawmakers.
Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall has called on all program managers to submit a program status report that bypasses regular staffing channels -- a request that is causing consternation among his staff.