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In NDAA, Thornberry to Make Open Acquisition Reform Language More Flexible

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, April 21st, 2016

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The head of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) plans to revise some of the language in his acquisition reform bill to alleviate concerns from industry and the Pentagon, he said April 21.The chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, which will be released Monday, will still include provisions meant to expand prototyping and increase the number of open architecture systems procured by the department, HASC Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) told reporters at a Defense Writers…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

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