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BudgetSenate Defense Bill Tackles Cost-Type Contracting, Bid Protests
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill takes aim at the Pentagon’s status quo regarding contracting, which committee aides said on Monday has led to […]
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BudgetIn Hopes of Innovation-Centric Pentagon, Senate Defense Authorization Bill Eliminates Kendall’s Job
The congressional defense committees have spent the past year evaluating the Goldwater-Nichols Act in a series of hearings where experts and former Pentagon officials made suggestions on how to streamline […]
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ArmyLess Procurement Funds, More Oversight In SASC’s Defense Bill
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) $602 billion defense authorization bill, agreed to Thursday afternoon in a 23-3 vote, contains less procurement funding—and far more provisions curtailing programs—than the legislation […]
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ArmySASC Pays Out $94 Million For Army Vehicle Active Protection Systems
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has provided an infusion of cash for the Army to buy Active Protections Systems (APS) for its combat vehicles, adding $94 million for off-the-shelf […]
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BudgetSASC Defense Authorization Bill Strays With House Plan to Use OCO Funds for Base Expenses
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is taking a different approach on military funding in its fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill than its House counterpart. Instead of designating a […]
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Business/FinancialAcquisition Workforce Needs More FMS Focus, Industry Officials Say
The government’s process of managing international sales of weapons systems made by United States companies could be improved if the Defense Department’s acquisition and contracting personnel are better equipped to […]
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Air ForceHouse Appropriators Release $576 Billion Defense Spending Bill, Sticks to HASC’s OCO Funding Scheme
In their $576 billion defense spending bill, House appropriators mimicked the authorizing committee’s approach to increase funding for the military by shorting the wartime spending account—thereby forcing the next president […]
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ArmyKendall Urges Congress And Service Chiefs To Slow Campaigns For Acquisition Reform
The Defense Department’s chief weapons buyer on Tuesday urged Congress and uniformed military officials to rein in their acquisition reform offensive, insisting that slow, consistent change is better than a […]
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Air ForceSASC Subcommittees Add More Money for Reapers, Depot Maintenance
The topline of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill is still a mystery, but SASC subcommittees during markups of the bill on Tuesday revealed key […]
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CongressRounds Introduces Cyber War Definition Bill
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today introduced the Cyber Act of War Act of 2016 to require the presidential administration to develop a […]