Inside the Pentagon highlights

Here are a few must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Pentagon:

1. The Defense Department is pushing back against a Government Accountability Office recommendation that would provide Congress more detailed information on how the Pentagon spends its operations and maintenance money.

Full story: Pentagon clashes with GAO over O&M spending transparency

2. Lawmakers are calling on the leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee to remove language in the upper chamber's version of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill that would repeal a moratorium on certain public-private competitions.

Full story: Bipartisan letter seeks to keep moratorium on A-76 privatization studies

3. Lawmakers have deferred the Pentagon's request to reprogram millions of dollars in fiscal year 2016 for two research and development new start programs.

Full story: Lawmakers defer DOD's request to reprogram dollars for two new starts