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  • 1 week ago | washingtontechnology.com | Patrick Tucker |Jennifer Hlad

    Calls to overhaul the Pentagon’s buying process go back decades—to the Revolutionary War, one former congressman joked—from defense secretaries from to to Robert Gates to . An executive order signed late Wednesday evening is the latest, perhaps the most ambitious—and just maybe, the one with the best chance for success.

  • 1 week ago | defenseone.com | Patrick Tucker |Jennifer Hlad

    The new executive order takes steps to address that, calling for the incentivization of risk-taking and innovation by the defense acquisition workforce. But while changing the Pentagon’s culture to accept more risk is necessary for change, there are other issues involved, former DIU head Mike Brown told Defense One in February. “The three things that are interconnected in acquisition are requirements, acquisition, and budgeting.

  • 2 weeks ago | defenseone.com | Jennifer Hlad |Bradley Peniston

    Insights & Reports The White House on Wednesday released three defense-related executive orders: One to overhaul Pentagon acquisition, one to reform arms exports, and one to “restore American maritime dominance.” The acquisition order aims to “reform our antiquated defense acquisition processes with an emphasis on speed, flexibility, and execution,” to “modernize the duties and composition of the defense acquisition workforce” and encourage them to take risks, the White House said Wednesday....

  • 1 month ago | defenseone.com | Patrick Tucker |Jennifer Hlad

    In a bid to accelerate military decision-making—particularly in the European and Indo-Pacific regions—the Pentagon has hired Scale AI to prototype an artificial-intelligence program to help plan military campaigns, test battle scenarios, anticipate threats, and more.

  • 2 months ago | govexec.com | Jennifer Hlad

    As DOGE focuses its attention on the Pentagon, two members of the House Armed Services committee are urging caution. “I welcome the audit. I welcome the transparency,” Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., said in Feb. 14 remarks at the Honolulu Defense Forum. “We've always wanted a successful audit of the Pentagon, and we've not had a good audit of the Pentagon that's passed. So I’m glass-half-full on that.

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Jennifer Hlad
Jennifer Hlad @jhlad
9 Apr 25

This is real: https://t.co/rTjgYz3AuW

Jennifer Hlad
Jennifer Hlad @jhlad
1 Apr 25

My parents got rid of some really nice furniture more than a year ago and my brother and I are both still upset about it and have begged her to ask us before she gets rid of anything else. (But… my MIL has about 100 tables she keeps trying to give us that we don’t want)

Julie Chang
Julie Chang @JulieChangRE

People don't want your stuff I've heard countlessly how many kids want nothing of their parents Not even their silver. Not the wedding china They don't care or it doesn't fit their taste Having to trash out an elderly persons home is a pain Getting rid of furniture- you can

Jennifer Hlad
Jennifer Hlad @jhlad
31 Mar 25

Very pleased with how this cake turned out. It’s strawberry cake (@CakebyCourtney recipe) with vanilla buttercream, with sprinkles in the center. The ears and bow are rice krispy treat. https://t.co/7Fw15gDtiR