Pentagon moves quickly to redistribute duties of now-abolished chief management officer

Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 3:21 p.m.

b'The office of DoD\\u2019s chief management officer officially ceased to exist on Jan. 1. And the Pentagon isn\\u2019t wasting any time deciding how to replace the CMO\\u2019s functions. A pair of memos the deputy defense secretary signed this week make several changes to DoD\\u2019s organizational chart. One of the biggest takeaways: The already-powerful DoD comptroller\\u2019s office is about to get even more powerful. Federal News Network\\u2019s Jared Serbu has been covering the demise of the CMO, and he joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the latest details.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'