Supplying and supporting US troops with Diana Banks

The black letter law and articles discussed in this episode: DoD Instruction 5000 on the acquisitions process https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/500002_dodi_2015.pdf President’s Annual Defense Budget for FY 2019 https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2019/FY2019_Budget_Request_Overview_Book.pdf Air Force One’s $24 million refrigerator https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2018/06/05/air-force-cancels-24-million-contract-to-replace-air-force-ones-refrigerators/ Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARs) https://www.acq.osd.mil/DPAP/dars/dfarspgi/current/index.html The Navy’s ongoing “Fat Leonard” scandal https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/11/26/retired-admiral-and-trump-nominee-latest-to-be-censured-in-fat-leonard-scandal/ DIUx https://diux.mil/ Diana Banks is Senior Counsel at the American Bankers Association