
Mandy Smithberger
Director, CDI Straus Military Reform Project, Project on Government Oversight
Mandy Smithberger is the Director of the CDI Straus Military Reform Project at the Project on Government Oversight. She is a former national security policy adviser to U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and worked on passing key provisions of the Military Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act into law. She also worked on an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
For this year’s Thanksgiving Day feature, The Cipher Brief revisits its coverage of the innovation and procurement challenges behind the F-35 Lighting II. As production ramps up and the U.S. and its [...] More