HASC Chairman Proposes New Acquisition Reforms
Defense acquisition reform took another step forward this month with the launch of HASC Chairman Mac Thornberry’s “discussion draft” of legislation that will work its way into the FY2017 National...
View ArticleAfter the Final Report: Expectations Following the Section 809 Panel’s Third...
The Section 809 Panel recently concluded its monumental analysis of defense acquisition law and regulations and released its third volume of recommended changes. As we have written previously, the...
View ArticleAnother Attempt at Defense Procurement Reform Begins
Mac Thornberry is taking a sledgehammer to the Pentagon’s $600 hammer. That particular bogeyman of wasteful defense spending never actually existed, but many real (and larger) inefficiencies continue...
View ArticleAcquisition Reform Ramps Up Early in 2016
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry is wasting no time in his efforts to build on last year’s reforms to the defense acquisition system. Less than a year after he launched his...
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