The fate of DISA, and other org chart changes in the new defense policy bill

Defense News: The Defense Information Systems Agency and other so-called fourth estate agencies were spared the ax, but a potpourri of Pentagon organizational changes have made it into this year’s massive, must-pass defense authorization bill.

The Senate and House came together Monday on a $716 billion bill that softened House-passed language to eliminate DISA and other agencies in the name of efficiency. But what survived could drive future efforts to slash Pentagon bureaucracy: a series of high-stakes reviews by the Department of Defense’s chief management officer aimed at cutting costs DoD-wide.

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