GAO finds Pentagon neglects to share information on critical technologies

By Justin Doubleday / January 12, 2021 at 5:45 PM
The Pentagon has fallen short in sharing a list of critical military capabilities with key Defense Department stakeholders and outside government agencies, potentially putting at risk federal efforts to protect those technologies, according to a new Government Accountability Office report . The report found DOD has made significant strides in reforming how it develops the "critical acquisition programs and technologies list." The Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act now requires the Pentagon to update the list annually. The work...

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