Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has nominated former New York mayor and media magnate Michael R. Bloomberg to be the chair of the Defense Innovation Board, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby announced. At the same time, he announced that Austin had approved ...
As the first anniversary approaches of Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III’s unprecedented purge of civilian advisory boards, at least a dozen boards are still in limbo. A few of the boards whose fates still haven’t been announced include the Defense Innovation Board, the Department of ...
Subject-matter experts can begin to inquire with the appropriate Biden administration officials about serving on the Defense Department’s volunteer federal advisory boards. Some past members whose terms were ended early in February may be invited to rejoin.
The Pentagon could know within about a week how many volunteer civilian advisers had their terms abruptly concluded by Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III effective Feb. 16, including a list of names. Austin cleared out an “several hundred” volunteer seats on the Pentagon’s 42-plus ...