{"id":47151,"date":"2020-06-24T18:28:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T18:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/24\/senate-moves-to-eliminate-chief-management-officer-role\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:50:18","slug":"senate-moves-to-eliminate-chief-management-officer-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2020\/06\/24\/senate-moves-to-eliminate-chief-management-officer-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate moves to eliminate Pentagon\u2019s chief management officer role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The Senate Armed Services Committee is officially calling for the closure of the Pentagon\u2019s chief management officer<\/a> position, four years after creating the job to help streamline reform efforts inside the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SASC\u2019s version of the National Defense Authorization Act says the CMO office must be broken up no later than Sept. 30, 2022. Under the Senate language, the majority of authorities would transfer to the deputy secretary of defense\u2019s office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill does not call for the rebirth of a deputy CMO role, which the Pentagon had for years before the elevation to a full CMO job occurred. However, the proposed SASC language does call for the creation of a performance improvement officer who will pick up some of the CMO\u2019s previous roles. That new role would exist under the DSD, as opposed to the CMO, which is technically third in line at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe DOD PIO would report directly to the Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Deputy\u2019s role as the Chief Operating Officer of the Department of Defense,\u201d according to the SASC\u2019s report language. \u201cThe PIO would be authorized to communicate views on matters under the PIO\u2019s purview directly to the Deputy Secretary, without obtaining the approval or concurrence of any other officer or employee of the Department.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 45 days before the CMO\u2019s office goes away, the Pentagon needs to submit a list of all the officials who would be gaining authorities formally given to the CMO, as well as a timeline of how those authorities and the related budget will be delegated out, according to the NDAA language.<\/p>\n\n\n\t