On March 22, 2019 the Pentagon released acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan's ethics agreement, which details the "screening arrangement" he implemented to ensure he is not improperly involved in matters related to Boeing, his former employer for more than 30 years.
Documents
March 22, 2019
On March 22, 2019 the Defense Department inspector general announced its plans to audit how DOD takes a foreign country's requirements and develops an agreement to go through with a foreign military sale.
In a March 21, 2019 letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees, the AFL/CIO outlines its concerns with the proposal to create a Space Force, including that employees could be involuntary transferred to this new agency and would lose their existing workforce rights and protections.
March 21, 2019
The March 2019 report to Congress outlines the Navy's fiscal year 2020 ship maintenance and modernization plan.
On March 21, 2019 the Defense Innovation Board approved the final version of a new report on software regulations, which emphasizes "speed and cycle time" as the most important software development metrics, recognizes talented individuals are crucial to improving the Defense Department's practices and stresses how software is different from hardware.
The March 2019 Navy document "continues the driving themes of adaptability, agility, and efficiency in both the ships and the industrial base that builds them, while pursuing the Secretary of the Navy’s reform initiatives across a number of measurable process improvements in acquisition and program execution."
March 20, 2019
The Feb. 3, 2019 briefing slides -- released March 20, 2019 -- show the Navy's fiscal year 2020 "Battle Force Inventory," "Procurement," "Delivery" and "Retirement" plans for the service's warships.
On March 20, 2019 the Defense Department released its fiscal year 2020 budget justification book for the European Deterrence Initiative.
On March 20, 2019 the Defense Department released its fiscal year 2020 budget justification book for the Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train and Equip Fund.
On March 20, 2019 the Defense Department released its fiscal year 2020 budget justification book for the Overseas Contingency Operations Afghanistan Security Forces Fund.
March 19, 2019
On March 19, 2019 the Pentagon released data breaking down state-by-state impacts of defense spending down to the county level.
On March 19, 2019 the Navy announced plans to increase the number of EA-18G Growlers at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington state by 36 aircraft following several years of evaluating how the additional aircraft would affect the environment.
On March 18, 2019 the Defense Department released the fiscal year 2020 budget justification book for the NATO Security Investment Program.
March 18, 2019
On March 18, 2019 the Defense Department released its fiscal year 2020 defense-wide procurement budget justification book.
On March 18, 2019 the Pentagon released the Missile Defense Agency's fiscal year 2020 procurement and research, development, test and evaluation budget justification books.
On March 18, 2019 the Pentagon released the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's fiscal year 2020 budget justification book.
On March 18, 2019 the Defense Department released volumes 3-5 of its fiscal year 2020 research, development, test and evaluation budget justification books.
Volume 3 -- Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
Volume 4 -- Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP)
Volume 5 (1400 pages, 68.5 MB) vol5
On March 18, 2019 the Air Force released its fiscal year 2020 research, development, test and evaluation budget justification books.
FY20 Air Force Research Development Test and Evaluation Vol I
FY20 Air Force Research Development Test and Evaluation Vol II
FY20 Air Force Research Development Test and Evaluation Vol IIIa
On March 18, 2019 the Air Force released its fiscal year 2020 procurement budget justification books.
FY20 Air Force Aircraft Procurement Vol I
FY20 Air Force Aircraft Procurement Vol II Mods
FY20 Air Force Ammunition Procurement
On March 18, 2019 the Air Force released its fiscal year 2020 operations and maintenance budget justification books.
FY20 Air Force Operations and Maintenance Overview
FY20 Air Force Operations and Maintenance Vol I
FY20 Air Force Operations and Maintenance Vol II