Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense

Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense
Seal for the former Chief Management Officer of the DoD
Agency overview
Formed1 February 2018
Dissolved1 January 2021
Parent departmentU.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Secretary of Defense

The chief management officer (CMO) of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) was the third-in-command of the department after the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense. The position's purpose was to reduce costs by improving the quality and productivity of DoD's business operations. Congress disestablished the CMO position with the passage of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 effective 1 January 2021.

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