chief management officer Archives

Kathleen Hicks takes a phone call from a senator shortly before her Senate confirmation hearing for Deputy Secretary of Defense in Washington, D.C. Feb. 2, 2021. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

DOD deputy secretary sets Jan. 1 deadline for transferal of chief management officer assets

Data oversight responsibilities from the now-defunct role will fall to the DOD CIO and chief data officer.

Sep 3, 2021 By John Hewitt Jones

Lisa W. Hershman answers questions during a press briefing in the Pentagon Briefing Room May 26, 2020 to discuss COVID-19 travel restrictions and Pentagon updates. (DoD photo by Marvin Lynchard)

Pentagon’s chief management officer role disbanded

The Chief Management Office is no more, following the enactment of the NDAA.

Jan 7, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

(DoD / U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann / Flickr)

Pentagon should terminate its CMO position, advisory board says

The chief management officer — the Pentagon's No. 3 position — is "mostly ineffective," according to the Defense Business Board.

May 12, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Lisa Hershman accepts the DOD Gears of Government Award for her DOD Regulatory Reform Task Force team, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 1, 2019, from David Norquist. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Hershman gets official nomination to be Pentagon CMO

Lisa Hershman gets the official nod for the DOD's No. 3 job after many months in as acting chief management officer, a practice now common for the…

Jul 23, 2019 By Jackson Barnett

Tech. Sgt. Wyatt Bloom checks television broadcast network routers at the Defense Media Activity’s Headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland, in 2012. (U.S. Air Force / Flickr)

Is the Pentagon’s IT leadership about to get murkier?

A new addition to Pentagon leadership created by the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act could change the way the department's chief information officer handles the job.

Mar 3, 2017