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Acquisition Responsibility Should Be Kept Within OSD, Former Top Pentagon Official Says

Valerie Insinna

Wednesday, June 24th, 2015

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Acquisition Responsibility Should Be Kept Within OSD, Former Top Pentagon Official Says

A cornerstone of the Senate’s acquisition reform legislation—taking away acquisition responsibility from the Office of Secretary of Defense and placing it with the service chiefs—could end up compounding problems with cost growth, a former top Pentagon official said today.Both the House and Senate defense authorization bills contain many good changes to acquisition policy, said Christine Fox, who formerly held positions in the Defense Department including the acting deputy defense secretary and director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE). However,…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]