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Budget

HASC Takes on DoD Acquisition Policy With Hearing to Kick Off Reform Effort

Mai Hanoon

Wednesday, October 30th, 2013

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The House Armed Services Committee will tackle a defense acquisition reform effort, led by committee vice chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and ranking member Adam Smith (D-Wash.), which may include some combination of amending past rules so they work as intended and scrapping old rules in favor of starting from scratch. HASC chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) said yesterday that “we cannot afford a costly and ineffective acquisition system, particularly when faced with devastating impacts of repeated budget cuts and sequestration. The…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

House Appropriators Unveil $1.07 Trillion FY ‘27 Defense Bill, Restore Funds For E-7, Army Aviation

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Congress

MOSA Implementation By Pentagon Lagging, GAO Official Says

While the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) has been a requirement for major defense acquisition programs since January 2019 and other Defense Department acquisitions since January 2021, few programs are […]