The Pentagon's No. 2 official has tasked an influential advisory panel with helping to ease the Defense Department's transition following the presidential election in November. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work is calling for the Defense Business Board to "develop, from a private sector business perspective, a series of topic papers germane to the department's current and incoming senior executives and leaders focusing on effectively managing a large-scale enterprise through transition," according to a June 2 terms of reference memo. These...