Commentary: It’s Time to Build the Digital Century Series
DOD releases new guidance on ‘situational telework’
DOD reviewing contracting policies, procedures and personnel to comply with Trump’s DOGE directive
Defense Department begins first round of layoffs
Pentagon aims to accelerate acquisition of new tech through software-contracting change
House GOP seeks spending cuts, defense increases in plan to avert shutdown
Hegseth Mandates Streamlined Software Acquisition Approach in New Memo
DOD Reviewing Contracting Policies, Procedures and Personnel to Comply with Trump’s DOGE Directive
Probationary Workers from Navy, Defense Health and Logistics Agencies First to be Cut Amid DOD Layoffs
GAO: Shipbuilding and Repair: Navy Needs a Strategic Approach for Private Sector Industrial Base Investments
Veterans, Top Performers Among Those Fired at DoD in First Round of Layoffs
GOP Plan to Avert Government Shutdown Would Fund Next Month's Junior Enlisted Pay Raise
5 Reasons Veterans Are Especially Hard-Hit by Federal Cuts
The Pentagon Needs A Software Update—Literally
Military Medical System Unprepared for Future Conflict, Experts Say
Additional Defense Funds in Reconciliation Bill ‘May Not Be Enough’: SASC Chairman
Service Leaders Beg for Flexibility as Full-Year Continuing Resolution Looms
10 Years in, the Defense Innovation Unit Needs to Pivot
How 2016 NDAA Transformed OTAs into Key Defense Contracting Tool
Pentagon hiring freeze holds previously approved job moves hostage
Senate confirms Trump’s pick for deputy secretary of defense
Opinion: Here are 10 ways DOGE can remake our outdated Defense Department
Congress sets Pentagon research, development, test and evaluation spending at $141B
Pentagon weighs major cuts to top of US military
GOP defense appropriators spell out CR funding levels for weapons. Will the DoD listen?
DoD works to reinstate fired probationary employees, many still await answers
Defense Secretary Hosts Elon Musk at Pentagon
Does America Face a “Ship Gap” With China?
DOD Teachers, Child Care Workers, Civilian MEPS and Maintenance Workers Included in Categories Exempted from Pentagon Hiring Freeze
Families at Utah Air Force Base Lose Day Care Center as Pentagon Slashes Personnel Spending
Pentagon Memo Lays Out Push for Advana to Become Formal Program of Record
Transition Assistance Programs Offer a ‘Firehose of Information’ But Little Opportunity to Plan Careers Post-Military, Veterans Advocates Say
Amid Shortage, Navy Recruiting Program Struggles to Keep Half First-Year Shipbuilders: Official
Navy’s Shipbuilding Strategy Requires Total Overhaul to Meet Aims, Audit Finds
Saltzman Wants ‘Fundamental Shift’ in Space Force Budget
Fewer Military Families Report Moving Delays Under New System, TRANSCOM Chief Says
20 Years After BRAC ’05: What Comes Next for our Bases and Defense Communities?
DOD reopens deferred resignation program amid push to reduce civilian workforce
SecDef gives DOD leaders less than two weeks to lay out cuts, changes
Pentagon Eliminates Lower Fitness Standards for Women in Combat Roles
DOD’s deferred resignation program to be offered April 7-14
Nominee for Chairman: Military's Top Job is Creating Peace Through Strength
Trump taps hypersonics expert to oversee Pentagon’s S&T portfolio
Commentary: The Department of Defense has a user experience problem
DoD hiring still mostly frozen, but these positions are exempt
Feinberg initiates Pentagon’s implementation of DOGE-influenced regulatory review
DoD floats 2035 as goal for zero trust in weapons systems
Hill wants $15 billion for weapons Pentagon didn’t seek: report
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers
DOD Task Force to Assess Progress of DEI Elimination
Pentagon Ready to Let AI Make Some Decisions
DOD Memo Outlines Reporting Instructions for Terminated, Canceled Awards
Trump, Hegseth promise record $1 trillion Pentagon budget
Pentagon can re-fire some probationary workers, Supreme Court says
Feinberg releases new guidance for DOD’s civilian workforce shakeup
White House executive order aims to speed arm sales, cut red tape
Trump sends DOGE to review the Navy
Troops need better health care access, top enlisted tell lawmakers
Trump Directs Pentagon To Tee Up Major Acquisition Programs for Potential Cancellation
Defense Acquisition, Exports, and Shipbuilding Figure in Trio of New Executive Orders
Hegseth Announces Additional $5.1 Billion in DOD Spending Cuts
Pentagon Kicks Off Major Effort to Reshape Its Civilian Workforce
DOD Issues Guidance to Advance Civilian Workforce Overhaul
Commentary: Long-sought goal of better Pentagon buying may finally be within reach
Pentagon Turns Focus to Potentially Privatizing Commissaries, Military Exchanges
Military Health Care Increases Force Lethality, Readiness
Hegseth memo to cut IT contracts lacks clarity, contradicts Pentagon downsizing plans
Trump EOs aim to overhaul federal procurement, contracting systems
Opinion: Questions Congress should ask about DOD ‘peace through strength’ plan
DoD hiring freeze ‘severely’ impacts military child care centers
Commentary: How Pete Hegseth Is Streamlining the Pentagon
Navy Falls Short in Ensuring Adoption of Suicide Crisis Response Plans, Watchdog Agency Says
Former Army AI leader tapped as Pentagon’s next CDAO
White House backs Hegseth, Leavitt says ‘entire Pentagon’ is resisting him
The White House is Looking to Replace Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary
White House Denies Report it is Searching for New Defense Secretary
Industry Wonders Whether the Pentagon will Ever Reform its Budgeting System
DOD Kicks off Review of Major Defense Acquisition Programs as Hegseth Touts Reforms
Opinion: The Pentagon Can’t Be Run Like a Business
DIU Barrels Ahead with Tri-Regional Expansion Plans
Pentagon names new senior staff amid building turmoil
Hegseth Dismisses Members of Pentagon Advisory Boards
Hegseth orders review of Pentagon’s complaint process
Job cuts delay Pentagon plans to expand work to prevent sex assaults and suicides
GAO: Veterans Benefits: More Thorough Planning Needed to Help Better Protect Veterans Assisted by Representatives
Defense Secretary Orders Review of Medical Standards for Military Enlistment
GAO: DOD Financial Management: Accelerated Timelines Needed to Address Long-standing Issues and Fraud Risk
Hearing Wrap Up: DOD Must Obtain Clean Audit to Protect Taxpayer Dollars, Ensure Military Readiness
Commissary director sees opportunity for stores amid DOD upheaval
Pete Hegseth says he will end a Trump-backed Pentagon program for women
Opinion: The Pentagon must balance speed with safety as it modernizes software
New Pentagon program to speed up software acquisition set to launch May 1
White House FY26 Discretionary Budget Request
SecDef wields axe to brass, HQs, formations to fashion leaner Army
Hegseth Wants ‘Right to Repair’ Provisions in all Army Contracts
Trump Requests $892.6 Billion Base Defense Budget, a Real-Terms Cut
‘Gimmicks’: GOP Lawmakers Slam Trump’s ‘Trillion-Dollar’ Defense-Spending Proposal
Hegseth Directs 20% Cuts to Top Generals and Admirals Among Other Reductions Across Military
Pentagon Moves to Implement ‘Anything-as-a-Service’ Pilot Program
As DoD Shrinks Civilian Workforce, Congress Pushes Plan to Retain Medically Disqualified Recruits
Up to 1,000 Transgender Troops are Being Moved out of the Military in New Pentagon Order
Pentagon orders swift review, removal of library books that address diversity, anti-racism
How a key Pentagon tech leader plans on ‘blowing up’ outdated software risk framework
Army secretary says it will be ‘success’ if prime contractor dies on his watch
Pentagon AI chief emphasizes data access, integration at House hearing
GAO: Defense Health Care: Information on DOD's Processing of TRICARE Claims from Behavioral Health Providers
Pentagon Rolls Out 2-Year Plan for Accelerating Software Capabilities
Allvin says Air Force must grow, even at ‘expense’ of other services
Army Experiment Brings Military Closer to Joint All-Domain Command, Control Goal
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Management and Governance, Organization and Alignment
Healthcare Executive
Healthcare
Acquisition Innovation Research Center, Stevens Institute of Technology
Acquisition, Performance Management
RAND
Human Resources
IDA
Logistics
Logistics, Acquisition
Former COO, DLA; VP Logistics, Cypress International
President, Professional Services Council
Acquisition
President and CEO, National Academy of Public Administration
Management and Governance
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Organization and Alignment, Human Resources, Performance Management
Chief Health Officer, Viking Cruises
CEO, American Society of Military Comptrollers
Resourcing and Financial Management
Managing Member, KjmConsulting LLC
University of Georgia
Management and Governance, Organization and Alignment, Human Resources, Performance Management
Duke University
Management and Governance, Resourcing and Financial Management
Ohio State University
Management and Governance, Human Resources, Acquisition, Performance Management
Former Director, Defense Logistics Agency
CSIS
Naval Postgraduate School
Former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Executive Director, IBM Center for The Business of Government
Former Deputy Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operations
Management and Governance, Human Resources, Resourcing and Financial Management
Chief Financial Officer, CALIBRE
Management and Governance, Logistics, Resourcing and Financial Management
Executive Fellow, Institute for Defense & Business
MITRE
Management and Governance, Performance Management
Former Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland Security
Resourcing and Financial Management, Risk Management
Management and Governance, Logistics, Acquisition
Air Force Institute of Technology
Management and Governance, Organization and Alignment, Logistics, Resourcing and Financial Management
Stanford University
Acquisition, Resourcing and Financial Management
Program Manager, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Acquisition, Data and Information Technology
Former Under Secretary of the Air Force
Former DoD Performance Improvement Officer/Director Of Administration and Management
Chair, Procurement Round Table
Defense Systems Management College, Defense Acquisition University
Principal Advisor, Government Programs - Delta Dental Insurance
Human Resources, Healthcare
Aerospace Industries Association
Former Director, Business Transformation Agency - Department of Defense
Management and Governance, Data and Information Technology
Managing Director, Government Contractor Solutions - Baker Tilly US, LLP
Former President and CEO, Logistics Management Institute (LMI)
Management and Governance, Healthcare, Resourcing and Financial Management
Army War College
Data and Information Technology
Former Head of DOD Strategic Business Development, Amazon Web Services
Organization and Alignment, Acquisition, Performance Management
Former President, National Academy of Public Administration
Distinguished Fellow, Business Executives for National Security (BENS)
Accenture Federal Services
Healthcare, Resourcing and Financial Management, Performance Management
Former Surgeon General of the Air Force
American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Senior Director, Strategy and Business Development - Oracle
Former Under Secretary for Management, Department of Homeland Security
Management and Governance, Human Resources
Logistics Management Institute (LMI)
President, Ellen M. Helmerson & Associates, LLC
Other Private Sector
Organization and Alignment, Acquisition, Risk Management
The Aerospace Corporation
Organization and Alignment
Founder and Principal, Pax Per Consortia Strategies LLC
National Defense University
Brookings Institution
Emeritus Senior Fellow, IBM Center for The Business of Government
Management and Governance, Human Resources, Performance Management
University of Maryland
Management and Governance, Human Resources, Acquisition, Resourcing and Financial Management
CEO, the Levy Group
President & Chief Executive Officer, Purdue Applied Research Institute
New York University
Former Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force
Management and Governance, Acquisition, Resourcing and Financial Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
Management Consultant
Management and Governance, Data and Information Technology, Performance Management
Vice President, Government Relations: Partnership for Public Service
Center for Government Contracting, George Mason University School of Business
Management and Governance, Acquisition
CNA
Senior Advisor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Executive Business Management, LLC
Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller
Beacon Global Strategies
Former Interim Director for Administration and Management, Department of Defense
Nash Technology Group
Founder, Focusing Forward, Inc.
Harvard University
Healthcare, Risk Management
Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Chief Executive Officer, The Punaro Group, LLC
Management and Governance, Organization and Alignment, Risk Management
Assistant Vice President, Federal Relations, AT&T
Purdue University
Defense Acquisition University
Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Financial Management & Comptroller
Former Executive, American Society of Military Comptrollers
President, Sakowitz Operational Solutions, Inc.
Human Resources, Logistics
Principal Director, Strategic Initiatives
George Washington University Law School
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
National Defense Industrial Association
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Washington Operations
Former Deputy Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force
Dartmouth College
President and CEO of Celero Strategies, LLC
Management and Governance, Human Resources, Acquisition
Former Military Health System (MHS) Strategic Planning Specialist
Former Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller
The Heritage Foundation
CEO, First Step Coaching & Consulting
Executive Consultant, KPMG
CEO, Partnership for Public Service
Vice President for Federal Executive Networks, Partnership for Public Service
Guidehouse
National Academy of Public Administration
Dean, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
Senior Advisor to the Chairman and CEO of GAMCO Inc
CEO, Business Executives for National Security (BENS)
Former U.S. Comptroller General
Former Chief Learning Officer, Veterans Health Administration
Management and Governance, Human Resources, Healthcare, Resourcing and Financial Management
Management and Governance, Organization and Alignment, Performance Management
CEO, American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council
The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania
President, C Williams LLC
Former Deputy to the Commanding General, US Army Futures Command
Former Director, Forces and Resources Policy Center, RAND
Former Executive Director, HQ Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
President, PatZconsulting, LLC
The efforts of DMI are organized around eight foundational defense management pillars:
