Contested Information Environment: Actions Needed to Strengthen Education and Training for DOD Leaders

According to the Department of Defense (DOD), our competitors and adversaries are taking advantage of vulnerabilities in the information environment to advance their national objectives and offset the U.S.’s position as the preeminent warfighting force.

In this report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) describes DOD guidance that supports the department’s education and training efforts to prepare leaders to make decisions in a contested information environment and assesses the extent to which DOD provides education and training designed to prepare leaders to make such decisions.