Diana Banks is Senior Counsel at the American Bankers Association. She previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training in the Office of the Under Secretary for Defense for Personnel and Readiness and as a Special Assistant to the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness in the Department of Defense.
This episode references:
- DoD Instruction 5000 on the acquisitions process
- President’s Annual Defense Budget for FY 2019
- Air Force One’s $24 million refrigerator
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARs)
- The Navy’s ongoing “Fat Leonard” scandal
- DIUx