March 14, 2025 Senate Confirms New Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen A. Feinberg was sworn in as the Defense Department's 36th deputy defense secretary and will be responsible for DOD's day-to-day business, including executing the defense secretary's priorities and managing the department's budget.
Sept. 25, 2024 DOD Official Briefs Lawmakers on Financial Management Progress, Path Forward Thomas C. Steffens, the senior assistant to DOD's comptroller, provided testimony before the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce, outlining the department's recent financial management success.
Nov. 30, 2022 DOD Begins Hiring 'Prevention' Workforce DOD is working to create the healthy climates necessary to address a range of problematic and harmful behaviors, including suicide. This will be accomplished, in part, with a new and dedicated workforce focused on community-based prevention.
July 7, 2022 Team Investigating Racial Disparity in Military Justice Embarks on Installation Visits Members of an internal review team tasked with looking into the root causes of racial disparities in the military's investigative and justice systems are conducting a series of listening sessions and visits to military installations.
May 11, 2022 Within FY23 Budget Request, Three Approaches Help DOD Meet Defense Strategy This year's $773 billion presidential budget request for the Defense Department uses three approaches to support the nation's defense strategy, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks said during a keynote address at the Reagan Institute.
March 27, 2022 DOD Publishes New Software Modernization Strategy Delivering a more lethal force requires the ability to evolve faster and be more adaptable than adversaries, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks said.
Dec. 10, 2021 Press Secretary Discusses U.S.-U.K. Talks, Ukraine Situation, Boosters The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom continues with Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks virtually hosting the fifth round of the U.S.-U.K Defense Dialogue, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said.
July 28, 2021 DOD Directs Employees to Start Wearing Face Masks Again The Defense Department directed employees working in areas at high risk for transmission to begin using face masks again as a measure to prevent the continued spread of the COVID-19 virus, especially the fast-moving, highly-transmittable Delta variant.
March 23, 2021 Top Defense Official Calls Military's COVID Effort 'Phenomenal' Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks praised the military's work in both the mission to protect DOD people and readiness, and the mission to support federal, state and local officials.
Nov. 16, 2020 Norquist Highlights DOD Efforts to Produce COVID Treatments Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist spoke at the Defense Health Agency where he thanked blood plasma donors and the workers who collected it for their work in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.