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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.
In an aim to continue the federal government's data center consolidation efforts, the White House Office of Management and Budget is requiring all agencies, including the Defense Department, to review their data center inventories within the next month as the federal chief information officer prepares individual cost goals for each agency, according to a new memo sent out to all executive branch agency and department heads.
The Pentagon publicly disavowed involvement in this month's attempted coup in Turkey during a press conference Friday.
The Defense Business Board is considering whether it should conduct a deeper examination of supply chain resiliency to complement its ongoing study on logistics as a competitive warfighting advantage.
Registration is due next week for a set of proposers' days next month that lays out details for an upcoming competition sponsored by the Pentagon's advanced research arm designed to ensure access to an ever-crowded electromagnetic spectrum.
The United States and its partners have gained momentum in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and are eyeing upcoming steps to further degrade the terrorist group, according to Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford.
The Army National Guard has laid out activation plans for all 10 of its Cyber Protection Teams, which will happen in three tranches over the next three years.
In the midst of a tumultuous election season, an influential defense advisory panel has approved a plan on how to advise the next president-elect on how to best transition the Pentagon to a new administration.
Legislative provisions that call for eliminating personnel, officers and headquarters staff in an across-the-board manner without proper deliberation would have a negative impact on the Pentagon's mission and undercut the department's Force of the Future initiative, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told lawmakers in a recent letter.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter "strongly objects" to House legislation that would require the elevation of U.S. Cyber Command to its own unified command.
The Defense Business Board intends to spend the bulk of its quarterly meeting Thursday discussing proposals to help ease the Pentagon transition to a new administration following the presidential election in November.
The Government Accountability Office is examining the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund to determine how it has been used in the past, whether it has sufficient internal controls in place and how it could be used in the future, according to a GAO official.
Defense acquisition chief Frank Kendall is calling on senior officials to work to maintain the Pentagon's efforts to grow the acquisition workforce in a tight fiscal environment.
The Pentagon needs to prioritize funding for the upcoming nuclear modernization bow wave -- but where this money will come from is up in the air, according to the head of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee.
The State Department has approved a potential $300 million foreign military sale of Excess SH-60F Sea-Hawk Helicopter equipment and support to Israel.
The Air Force's chief information officer is working to transform the service's workforce with an aim to harden major weapon systems, such as the F-35 and the new B-21 bomber, against cyber attacks.
The Pentagon seeks congressional approval to move $36.4 million to U.S. Special Operations Command to purchase four systems that will be installed on unmanned drones to help enhance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.
As the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant begins to turn commercial drones into improvised explosive devices, the Pentagon wants congressional approval to move $20 million to the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund to help guard against this "critical" and "unanticipated" capability gap.
Responses are due Friday to a U.S. Special Operations Command request for information on whether there are commercial capabilities that can host special operations forces-specific geospatial data to help enhance warfighting information dominance and impact a business case analysis.
The Pentagon's advanced research arm intends to hold a proposers' day next month for a program that seeks to develop and demonstrate a reusable propulsion system for hypersonic aircraft that can affordably and safely transition from moving at low speeds to faster than the speed of sound.
The Pentagon's inspector general's office recently launched a review of the Defense Contract Audit Agency to see if it is complying with its quality control system.