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Most DoD Supply Chain Technology Funding Goes To IT Sustainment, Report Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 6th, 2018

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Most DoD Supply Chain Technology Funding Goes To IT Sustainment, Report Says

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The Defense Department spent nearly $80 billion on supply chain technology from fiscal years 2014 to 2017 and most of the spending, $57.8 billion, went toward sustaining information technology (IT), according to a recent report by the strategic research and advisory firm Govini.Annually, DoD is spending about $23 billion on supply chain technology with spending growing at an annual rate of 5.6 percent between FY ’14 and FY ’17, Govini says in DoD Supply Chain and The Fourth Industrial Revolution. In…

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