The INSIDER daily digest -- July 14, 2023

This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has coverage of a new Army Science Board study plus lawmakers' frustration at the Pentagon's inability to pass a financial audit and more.

The Army Science Board has been directed to conduct "An Independent Assessment of the Army Implementation of Digital Engineering":

Wormuth directs new study on Army use of digital engineering, results due this summer

An influential Army advisory panel is tackling digital engineering with an eye to reporting on the service's progress in adopting bleeding-edge practices as well as challenges and opportunities in this area in an effort improve development and procurement of new weapon systems.

Pentagon Principal Director for Defense Pricing and Contracting John Tenaglia and Government Accountability Office Director of Financial Management and Assurance Asif Khan testified before a pair of House Oversight and Accountability subcommittees this week on addressing financial accountability in the Defense Department:

House oversight committee targets DOD financial audit accountability

Republicans and Democrats on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee today voiced frustration at the Defense Department's inability to pass a financial audit and, in their stated view, adequately defend itself from accusations of arrogance and incompetence amid ongoing votes to authorize nearly $900 billion in national defense spending.

Document: House hearing on DOD financial accountability

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, spoke this week alongside Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), the committee vice chair, at the annual Intelligence and National Security Summit:

Warner: Prioritize technology in defense portfolio

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Emerging technology -- not traditional weapon systems -- increasingly is at the frontline of geopolitical competition and conflicts, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said at an intelligence and security conference Thursday.

On June 30, Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord sent lawmakers a 64-page reprogramming request that included a proposal to shift $108 million into the Space Development Agency's Launch procurement account:

Space Force needs additional $108M for INDOPACOM's new China-missile tracking satellites

A Space Force project to provide an additional satellite layer needed for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to better detect North Korean and Chinese missile launches will hit the skids unless Congress allows the Pentagon to shift more than $100 million between accounts to keep the Wide Field of View space vehicles project -- led by RTX, formerly Raytheon Technologies -- on schedule.

Our colleagues from Inside Cybersecurity have coverage of the White House's implementation plan for its national cybersecurity strategy:

White House issues implementation plan for national cyber strategy

The Biden administration has released an implementation plan for its national cybersecurity strategy spanning 69 initiatives across the federal government, including new efforts on cyber regulatory harmonization.

Document: White House national cyber strategy implementation plan