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Army’s Acting Acquisition Chief Doug Bush Nominated For Permanent Role

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, September 21st, 2021

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Army’s Acting Acquisition Chief Doug Bush Nominated For Permanent Role

Doug Bush, the Army's top acquisition official

President Biden said Tuesday he will nominate Doug Bush to serve as the Army’s top acquisition official, a role he currently holds in an acting capacity. Bush, who has served as the Army’s Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology since early March, would oversee procurement efforts, to include the service’s ongoing modernization overhaul. In a June hearing, Bush told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Army’s planned program reductions to fully fund modernization means…

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