The Department of Defense (DoD) has begun modernizing its online learning and education systems for civilian and military personnel by consolidating its course catalogs into a single platform. The enterprise course catalog prototype now has 50,000 courses and Lisa Hershman, chief management officer at DoD.
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Lisa Hershman: Pentagon CMO’s ‘Fourth Estate’ Review Finds $11B in Savings
Lisa Hershman, chief management officer at the Department of Defense (DoD), said the CMO office’s new review of operations and spending within DoD’s “fourth estate” agencies has resulted in $11 billion in cost reductions.
Read More »Lisa Hershman Talks DoD’s Potential Restructuring Efforts
Lisa Hershman, chief management officer (CMO) of the Department of Defense (DoD), said she is “very intrigued” with the DoD’s reorganization plans and that there should be clarifications on the CMO's responsibilities, Defense News reported Thursday.
Read More »Lisa Hershman: DoD Working on Category Mgmt for Acquisition Initiatives
Lisa Hershman, acting chief management officer of the Department of Defense, said at her confirmation hearing that the department can improve its supply chain strategy by categorizing goods and services acquisition, Defense News reported Tuesday.
Read More »Trump Nominates Lisa Hershman as DoD CMO
President Trump has nominated Lisa Hershman, acting chief management officer at the Department of Defense, to assume the role on a full-time basis, Inside Defense reported Tuesday. As CMO, Hershman will provide managerial support services to the DoD secretary in line with the agency's business initiatives.
Read More »Lisa Hershman: DoD Eyes Category Management, Logistics to Find Savings in FY 2019
Lisa Hershman, acting chief management officer of the Department of Defense, told Defense News in an interview published Friday that DoD is focusing on five key initiatives to find greater savings in fiscal year 2019. Those programs are category management; information technology and business systems; procurement of goods and services in a different manner; health care management; and logistics and supply chain acquisition.
Lisa Hershman: DoD Expected to Save $6B for FY 2019
Lisa Hershman, acting chief management officer of the Department of Defense, said in an interview the department is on the track to reach $6B in savings for fiscal year 2019, ABC News reported Saturday. Hershman noted that the DoD’s streamlining efforts for its projects and business strategies has enabled the department to save $4.7B in 2017 and 2018.
Read More »Lisa Hershman Named DoD Acting Chief Management Officer
Lisa Hershman, deputy chief management officer of the Department of Defense, was granted the role of acting chief management officer, the DoD said Saturday. She will provide the secretary of defense and his deputy with managerial support for business activities occurring across the department's enterprise.
Read More »DoD Adding Reform Investments to Budget Request for First Time
Lisa Hershman, acting chief management officer at the Pentagon, said the agency’s fiscal year 2020 funding request will include a formal reform budget for the first time, Defense News reported Thursday. She said her office has over 50 reform initiatives focusing on the Office of the Secretary of Defense, fourth estate agencies and military departments.
Read More »DoD Saves $4.3B in FY18, Sets $6B Goal for FY19
Lisa Hershman, acting chief management officer for DoD, said 114 projects contributed to the FY18 savings while a reduction in redundant defense systems saved the budget for early FY19. The report said DoD already freed up inventory space five times the size of the agency's central courtyard.
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