The INSIDER daily digest

A speech this morning by the Army secretary leads off this Thursday INSIDER Daily Digest.

Army Secretary Eric Fanning spoke in Rhode Island this morning at an energy conference:

Fanning: Army making strides on energy, but work remains

The Army's efforts to increase energy efficiency have yielded key advancements of late, but the service is committed to doing even more, according to its secretary.

Document: Army secretary's speech on energy efficiency

A sneak peek at part of the front page of tomorrow's Inside the Air Force:

Congress releases a portion of fenced weather satellite development funds

The Air Force confirmed this week that Congress has released some of the funds fenced off from its Weather Satellite Follow-on program after the service wrote a letter noting concerns that without funding, a contract for a key, enabling demonstration mission could be held at risk.

Air Force concerned about KC-46 contract breach under long-term continuing resolution

The Air Force is worried a long-term continuing resolution that caps the quantities of Boeing-built KC-46 tankers the service can buy next year could break contractual production agreements and slow a key delivery milestone for the already-delayed program.

The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental is getting an increasing amount of attention:

Seeking innovation, CSRA executives visit West Coast

CSRA executives last month visited the West Coast, including meeting with the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, as part of its focus on next-generation technologies.

A House Republican-led task force released a report today on CENTCOM's intelligence analysis of ISIL:

GOP-led task force says CENTCOM manipulated intelligence reports on ISIL

Officials from U.S. Central Command have provided a more rosy depiction of U.S. efforts to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant than the facts warranted, according to a new report from a congressional joint task force.

Document: Congressional task force's report on CENTCOM intel analysis of ISIL

News from today's Inside the Pentagon:

OMB institutes new custom-developed source code policy, pilot program

Aiming to save money, prevent duplication and enhance transparency, the White House Office of Management and Budget is instituting a new policy designed to ensure that custom-developed federal source code is shared across the federal government for reuse purposes.

Document: OMB memo on federal source code policy

 

Defense budget analyst sees tall order for gridlocked Congress

A new report from a Washington think tank highlights current and future challenges facing defense spending, while the GOP-dominated Congress is expected to continue a bitter budget battle with Democrats and the White House when lawmakers return from summer recess next month.

DOD IG launches audit to see if DISA complied with software processes

The Defense Department's inspector general is launching an audit of the Defense Information Systems Agency to determine if it complied with required software lifecycle management processes.

Document: DOD IG memo on DISA's software management process

 

IG begins investigation of DOD's info systems contingency plans

The Pentagon inspector general's office has launched an audit of the department's contingency planning for its information systems, according to a recent memo.

Document: DOD IG memo on 'audit of contingency planning for DOD information systems'

Defense-related news from our colleagues at Inside U.S. Trade:

Final export control rules issued for two munitions list categories

The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security and the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls in late July issued final rules implementing export control reforms for two munitions list categories covering toxicological agents and directed-energy weapons.