Inside the Pentagon highlights

Some must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Pentagon:

1. The White House Office of Management and Budget will recommend that President Obama veto the Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the fiscal year 2017 defense policy bill if it arrives on his desk in its present form, according to a 21-page statement of administration policy released Tuesday.

Full story: White House threatens to veto Senate defense policy bill

2. The defense industry supports a proposed Defense Department rule that would provide contractors with more safe harbors for cost reimbursement if they discover counterfeit parts in their supply chains, but industry advocates still have concerns about execution of the new policy.

Full story: Industry supports proposed DOD rule that helps recoup counterfeit costs

3. The Pentagon's advanced research arm intends to hold a proposers' day later this month for a computing program that seeks "revolutionary techniques that will demonstrate the value of in-network programmability" in advance of a planned broad agency announcement, according to a recent notice on Federal Business Opportunities.

Full story: DARPA eyes proposers' day for Dispersed Computing program

4. 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.

Full story: Work: DBB to provide insight to help with transition following election