Lisa Hershman Archives

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

Dan Jennings, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, operates a commercial-off-the-shelf unmanned aerial vehicle outfitted with a corrosion/anomaly detection sensor payload and processing scheme aboard the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California, during a demonstration the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) TechSolutions Topside Drone project. (U.S. Navy photo by Bobby Cummings)

GSA, Pentagon drone solicitation aims to bring performance-based contracting back

ASTRO establishes 10 contracts for drone services FEDSIM and approved contracting officers can use.

Oct 28, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

Margaret Weichert and Lisa Hershman sign an agreement for DoD to use OPM’s USA Learning platform. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Personnel Management)

DOD’s reskilling overhaul starts with an OPM platform

USALearning will create a common course catalog and common learning record repository to curb the more than 50,000 disparately managed, often redundant courses across the department.

May 3, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir