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And having the freedom of maneuver to try new things, take new approaches, has been critical to our success,&#8221; Shah said. &#8220;So I would encourage the next administration to continue to enable not just us\u00a0\u2014\u00a0we are one of several innovation efforts the department has done\u00a0\u2014\u00a0encouraging that level of new thinking is valuable for all of us.&#8221;<br\/><br\/> Asked whether he thinks having DIUx report directly to the secretary is a model that works, Shah said &#8220;I believe so, yes.&#8221;<br\/><br\/> <b><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/cybercon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/cybercon\">Click here for full coverage of CyberCon<\/a><\/b>.<br\/><br\/> Along with a new president comes a new Congress. With Republicans maintaining control of both the House and Senate, it will largely be the same players on the defense committees deciding the fate of Shah\u2019s unit\u00a0\u2014\u00a0one of whom indicated the office may have to justify itself going forward. <br\/><br\/> On Wednesday morning, Rep. 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Shah praised the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act language that made it easier for the Pentagon to sole-source unique products that had been prototyped.<br\/><br\/> &#8220;My ask, and my hope and sense, is innovation is not a partisan issue. And having the opportunity to continue to try new things, make mistakes, understand what doesn\u2019t work so well, is what will be critical for us in a rapidly changing threat environment where the adversaries are not restricted by regulations and policy,&#8221; Shah said. <br\/><br\/> One thing that may endear the unit to Congress:\u00a0Shah indicated the group will not be asking for a major plus-up in funding for the fiscal year 2018 budget request. <br\/><br\/> &#8220;We don\u2019t do all the funding ourselves, we do a co-investment. When a service comes to us for help we ask them to put resources, and we put resources&#8221; as well, Shah said. &#8220;So right now we\u2019re less fiscally constrained than we are just HR, making sure we are executing properly.&#8221;<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DIUx awarded 12 contracts, worth roughly $36 million, in FY16, with $8.3 million of that funding coming from Shah\u2019s office and the rest from co-investment. 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