Tara Dougherty

1 month ago | defensescoop.com | Tara Dougherty |Jon Harper

The Department of Defense has failed seven consecutive audits, despite the fact that the Pentagon has spent a billion dollars building software known as “Advana” to solve this exact problem. If the eighth attempt — which is clearly a priority of the new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — is going to deliver a better outcome, Advana’s focus must return to its original intent.

Jan 31, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Tara Dougherty |Clint Hinote |Jeff Decker

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it.

Jan 31, 2024 | aei.org | Tara Dougherty |Clint Hinote |Jeff Decker

The Pentagon’s new National Defense Industrial Strategy succeeds in describing the problems facing the nation’s production capacity and supply chains and in acknowledging culpability in creating it, but falls short in offering what we really need for rapid, measurable, and sustainable improvement. For example, the Department of Defense admits that its own policy in the early 1990s that encouraged consolidation among defense contractors contributed to today’s lamentable competitive environment.