DMI Digest - February Edition - February 28, 2026
Notable news items: Pentagon Consolidate DSCA And DTSA To Speed Up Arms Sales, Boost Industry; DoD Plans To Spend Entire $152 Billion From Reconciliation Bill In One Year; Cropsey Confirmed As Air Force Acquisition Military Deputy; Defense Industrial Base: DOD Efforts to Develop Domestic Biomanufacturing; AI Giant Anthropic Says It 'Cannot In Good Conscience' Agree To Pentagon Demands;
DMI Digest - January Edition - January 31, 2026
Notable news items: DoD lacks reliable data on the number of civilians teleworking, working remotely; Defense budget: effects of continuing resolutions on selected activities and programs critical to DOD's national security mission; NDAA scales back ambitious acquisition reforms, offers little on workforce; DLA turns to AI, ML to improve military supply forecasting; Salesforce lands $5.6B army contract for data analytics, cloud capabilities;
DMI Digest - December Edition - December 31, 2025
Notable news items: Opinion: Can Hegseth transform U.S. defense acquisition?; Pentagon moves to slash oversight in modeling, simulation, boosts flexibility for testers: Duffey; Pentagon fails its 8th audit in a row; The sabotage of Secretary Hegseth's acquisition reform initiative; Excess defense articles: DOD needs to better assess the program; GAMECHANGER: A case study of AI innovation at the Department of Defense; Talent development to unleash the DOD acquisition workforce
DMI Digest - November Edition - November 30, 2025
Notable news items: Hegseth to unveil arms sale overhaul; Army preparing to stand up new organization to oversee its data environment; White House taps multiple accounts to pay troops amid shutdown; Amid shifting priorities, transparency is key, says Army Acquisition head; IP, technical data rights continue to spark debate; Mind the legal gap: Embedding full-time spectrum counsel in DOD frequency management; Pentagon leadership directs DOD civilian employee supervisors to expedite removal of underperformers
DMI Digest - October Edition - October 31, 2025
Notable news items: Hegseth to unveil arms sale overhaul; Army preparing to stand up new organization to oversee its data environment; White House taps multiple accounts to pay troops amid shutdown; Amid shifting priorities, transparency is key, says Army acquisition head; IP, technical data rights continue to spark debate; Mind the legal gap: embedding full-time spectrum counsel in DOD frequency management; Pentagon leadership directs DOD civilian employee supervisors to expedite removal of underperformers
DMI Digest - September Edition - September 30, 2025
Notable news items: Nearly half of DoD civilian employees will be furloughed in the event of a shutdown; Impending National Defense Strategy release raises questions about China, Taiwan and the 'Davidson window'; Space Force cell explores reorg to push commercial data to military; GAO Report on the Pentagon's Audit Effort; Saltzman: Pentagon in 'generational moment' to improve acquisition process; DOD to look at potential consolidations across cyber enterprise; Department of War Announces New Cybersecurity Risk Management Construct
DMI Digest - August Edition - August 31, 2025
Notable news items: Lutnick's talk of government stake in defense industry draws questions -- and skepticism; New Jersey lawmakers cry foul over Army PEO restructuring plan; Can Congress pass a FY26 defense budget this year? Here are 12 key issues for lawmakers; DOD IG Reports Inefficiencies in Handling of Continuing Resolutions for Acquisition Programs; Defense Health Agency offers voluntary buyouts as part of workforce reduction effort; New CNO vows new 'engine of naval dominance'; IG: Air Force not doing enough to obtain IP and data rights; DLA revolutionizes performance award processing; Katie Arrington issues memo on DOD ICT supply chain risk management
DMI Digest - July Edition - July 31, 2025
Notable news items: DOD reviews participation in all think-tank events after pulling officials from Aspen Forum; Aligning Global Military Posture with U.S. Interests; DOD may be missing out on millions due from companies for satellite launches, audit finds; DOD Seeks to Deliver Innovative Capability at Speed, Scale; DOD Launching New Authentication System To Replace DS Logon; DSCC, DLA Land and Maritime welcomes new commander; The Next AI Wave Requires Stronger Cyber Defenses, Data Management; State Department lays off 1,350 employees; Boeing pumps the brakes on defense losses
DMI Digest - June Edition - June 30, 2025
Notable news items: DOGE given power to review most DoD contracts; SECDEF orders major restructuring of DoD Independent Weapons Testing Office; Recruitment task force seeks to capitalize on 2025 enlistment surge; DoD to 'redouble' efforts to favor commercial procurements; Senators respond to Tricare troubles; DLA modernizing distribution network for contested warfare; DoD efforts to buy and maintain IT systems are billions over budget and delayed