<a href='http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=394&sid=2616710'><b style='font-size: 16px;'>9. DoD to create map of defense industry</a></b> The Defense Department wants a better understanding of the industrial base that supplies it with goods and services. To accomplish that, DoD leaders began working on a continually-updated map of the companies in every tier and every sector of the defense contracting industry. (Nov. 2, 2011)