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Congress

Homeland Security Committee Approves DHS Acquisition Reform Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 30th, 2014

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Homeland Security Committee Approves DHS Acquisition Reform Bill

The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday approved several bills including one aimed at strengthening acquisition oversight within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act (H.R. 4228) would require the department to apply its existing acquisition directives consistently across its components, something it doesn’t do now. The bill passed unanimously by voice vote, just as it did in a subcommittee markup in March (Defense Daily, March 26). Wednesday’s markup follows the release on Tuesday…

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