Republican Rep. Thornberry of Texas proposes eliminating DISA

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The Defense Information Systems Agency is on the chopping block in new legislation from House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), who’s on a mission to slash Pentagon bureaucracy.

In proposed legislation unveiled April 17, Thornberry outlined plans that would close DISA by January 1, 2021, transferring all IT contracting, acquisition services and senior leader communications functions to “other elements of the Department of Defense.” Any functions and personnel not transferred as part of that directive would be eliminated, according to the proposal.

The bill also fully transfers the Joint Force Headquarters-DoD Information Networks organization to U.S. Cyber Command.

DISA oversees the operation of DoD networks and IT, as well as significant parts of federal communications, mobility, satellite communications and cloud services. JFHQ-DoDIN is in charge of defending DoD networks at the operational level.

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DISA has a total budget of nearly $10 billion and more than 5,000 employees and 7,500 contractors. Officials there did not respond to a request for comment.

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Rep. Thornberry is going MAGA on bloated Pentagon spending! Hope he doesn't play spring baseball. The swamp is not going to like his proposal at all.