On Nov. 18, 2019 House Democrats released a short-term continuing resolution that would fund the government through Dec. 20, 2019. Includes the text of the CR as well as a division-by-division summary of the legislation.
Documents
November 18, 2019
The Nov. 18, 2019 Government Accountability Office report examines Afghanistan Security Forces Fund training contracts.
The Defense Department's fiscal year 2019 Agency Financial Report "provides an overview of the Department's financial information as well as preliminary summary-level performance results."
November 15, 2019
The Nov. 14, 2019 report details what actions the Navy needs to take to improve surface warfare officer training.
On Nov. 14, 2019, Defense Department comptroller Elaine McCusker approved a reprogramming of Army funds involving the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
November 13, 2019
In a Nov. 12, 2019 letter, the Defense Department inspector general tells Senate Democrats that the IG would not begin an investigation into why White House withheld military aid to Ukraine.
The DOD IG told Senate Democrats in a Nov. 12 letter that the office would not begin an investigation into why White House withheld military aid to Ukraine.
DOD IG Letter
On Nov. 14, 2019, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released its 2019 Annual Report to Congress.
2019 Annual Report to Congress
2019 Executive Summary
2019 Recommendations to Congress
On Nov. 14, 2019, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released its 2019 Annual Report to Congress.
Chapter 1 Section 1 - Year in Review, Economics and Trade
Chapter 1 Section 2 - Year in Review, Security and Foreign Affairs
Chapter 2 - Beijing's Internal and External Challenges
On Nov. 13 the House Armed Services Readiness and Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittees held a joint hearing on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Defense Department acquisition executive Ellen Lord was among those testifying.
The Honorable Ellen M. Lord
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Office of the Secretary of Defense
November 12, 2019
Memorandums from 2018 and 2019 on Navy’s acquisition digitization efforts, which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
2018 Memo
2019 Memo
The Oct. 7, 2019 Army Training and Doctrine Command pamphlet "describes the Operational Environment the Army will face through 2050 in collaboration with Army Futures Command (throughout)."
November 11, 2019
The Oct. 17, 2019 Navy memo sets up a new Surface Development Squadron "to conduct development operations to accelerate new capabilities to the surface force in support of fleet commander warfighting requirements and to maintain readiness of assigned ships and unmanned surface vessels."
The Nov. 11, 2019 letter to House and Senate leaders from the Office of Management and Budget outlines a "comprehensive list of continuing rescissions or cancellations that will continue pursuant to Section 101 of" the fiscal year 2020 continuing resolution.
On Nov. 7, 2019 the Defense Department's acquisition office released its latest draft of the Cybersecurity Certification Maturity Model for contractors.
November 08, 2019
The undated 2019 summary of an Air Force Scientific Advisory Board task force study on "Multi-Source Data Fusion for Target Location and Identification" concludes that an alternative intelligence enterprise derived in part from data fused from open sources could provide a new way to locate, identify and attack targets in highly contested environments.
The undated 2019 summary of an Air Force Scientific Advisory Board task force study on "Fidelity of Modeling, Simulation and Analysis to Support Air Force Decision Making" finds that "the challenges of assessing integrated, all-domain, force-on-force conflicts are supassing the ability to rely on intuition and professional military judgment to make comprehensive, well-informed decisions."
November 07, 2019
On Nov. 4, 2019 the Defense Information Systems Agency held its 2019 Forecast to Industry Day, with presentations from various entities within the agency.
Emerging Technologies
Endpoint Security Solutions
Perimeter Defense
On Nov. 4, 2019 the Air Force Commercial Satellite Communications Office gave a presentation at the Defense Information Systems Agency's forecast to industry day.
The Oct. 15, 2019 Defense Department inspector general's report -- released the following Nov. 4 -- outlines DOD's top 10 management and performance challenges for fiscal year 2020.