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Thornberry: Acquisition Reform Effort Will Surface in FY ’15, ’16 NDAA Bills

Mai Hanoon
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The House Armed Services Committee’s recently announced acquisition reform effort is likely to yield some language in the fiscal year 2015 authorization bill and significantly more in the FY ’16 bill, as well as alter the interaction and lines of questioning lawmakers have with program officials throughout program development and acquisition, HASC vice chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) said yesterday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. This latest acquisition reform effort is part of a larger look at defense…

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