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DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

AMERICA’S COMBAT LOGISTICS SUPPORT AGENCY

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Whole of Government & 

Assessing the Defense 

Industrial Base

Donna Pointkouski

Chief, Strategic Material Sourcing 

Division, Clothing & Textiles

November 15, 2017
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Whole of Government (WOG)

• Secretary of Defense Memorandum 

(February 17, 2017) “Establishment of 

Cross-Functional Teams to Address 

Improved Mission Effectiveness and 

Efficiencies in the DoD”

• OMB M-17-22 (April 12, 2017), 

“Comprehensive Plan for Reforming 

the Federal Government and Reducing 

the Federal Civilian Workforce" 

• Presidential Executive Order 13788 

(April 18, 2017), “Buy American and 

Hire American”

Encouraged government agencies to develop crosscutting reform proposals 

involving multiple agencies and to purchase domestic goods.
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WOG C&T* Spend

Agency / Department FY16 $M FY17 $M

DLA – C&T $ 1,385 $ 1,602

Other DoD $ 469 $ 491

Homeland Security $ 85 $ 110

State $ 29 $ 43

Veterans Affairs $ 23 $ 24

Justice (w/o FPI) $ 14 $ 22

Interior $ 6 $ 10

Health & Human Serv $ 1.6 $ 3.7

Agriculture $ 3.3 $ 2.5

U.S. Postal Service ??? ???

*Federal Supply Code (FSC) 83 & 84

83 - Textiles, Leather, Furs, Apparel and Shoes, Tents, Flags

84 - Clothing, Individual Equipment, and Insignia

Data Source: USASpending.gov which pulls from Federal Procurement Data System
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Benefits of DLA Managing 

WOG’s Requirements

• Efficiency & Experience

• Strategic relationships with industry

• Enhance quality of items

• Boost buying power, ability to plan & surge

• One government face to industry

• Review items for possible standardization

• Potential cost savings to customer
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Current Status

• Business Case Analysis

– submitted to AT&L for approval

• Timeline / Next steps

• DLA outreach

– June 8: BG Hamilton and Troop Support team 

met with DHS

– November 7: C&T met with Forest Service
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Executive Order 13806

Assessing and Strengthening the United States

Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base 

and Supply Chain Resiliency
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Desired Outcomes

• A robust, secure, resilient, & innovative 

industrial base that meets national security 

requirements

• Agency, Congressional, and industry buy-in 

on final report’s findings & recommendations

• Identified industrial base risk and 

understanding of DIB ability to go to war

• Actionable policy, regulatory, legislative, and 

investment recommendations
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DIB Report Focus

• Identify

– Materials & goods essential to national 

security

– Manufacturing capabilities needed to produce

– Deficiencies in the supply chain

• Assess

– Supply chain risks

– Resiliency and capacity of the industrial base

• Recommend

– Policy, legislations, and regulations
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Working Groups

• 3 Types

– Defense industry sectors 

– Crosscutting

– Areas of Interest 

• All groups working to identify common issues

• Goals 

– Identify known industrial gaps & determine how to 

mitigate the risks 

– Assess defense industrial base ability to go to war

– Identify sector-specific policy, regulation, and 

legislative changes
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Specific to C&T

• Soldier Systems – Shane Esola, DCMA

– Includes the food, clothing, shelters, airdrop 

systems, and other service-member support 

items for the military

• CBRN – Eric Hoover, Army RDECOM

– Chemical, Biological, Radiological and 

Nuclear defense

– Detection, protection, contamination 

avoidance, mitigation
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Next Steps

• Initial macro information submitted to 

working group leaders

• Continue to identify known IB risks

• Conduct “deep dive” on select items

• Industry engagement and questionnaire

• Evaluate risk management actions

• Report due in 2018
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For more information

• Study is a joint effort

• Office of primary responsibility: 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense 

(DASD) for Manufacturing and Industrial 

Based Policy (MIBP)

• Action Officer: 

Robert Read, Robert.M.Read6.civ@mail.mil

(571) 372-6263