Officials Ponder Way Ahead for JIEDDO's Science and Technology Work

By Sebastian Sprenger / February 20, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Pentagon officials have begun drawing up plans for the future of the science and technology work done under the auspices of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization out of concern that the next administration could move to dissolve the office, InsideDefense.com has learned. John Young, the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, within the last few months instructed officials in the office of the director of defense research and engineering to craft a plan by this...

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