The Pentagon, in coordination with the Institute for Defense Analyses, has established a new Defense Management Institute to be an "independent research entity" to help reform the department's business operations. Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, who spoke today at a DMI “kick-off” event, said the Biden administration’s Pentagon faced significant management challenges because it arrived after the congressionally mandated dissolution of the chief management officer’s post . “I like to believe the department's overarching question is this, what can we...