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Defense Industry Scouring Proposed DoD Conflict of Interest Rule

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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford Industry groups are raising concerns about parts of the Pentagon's new proposal for identifying and addressing organizational conflicts of interest (OCI) by defense contractors. The Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 notably calls for the Department of Defense (DoD) to curtail the practice of one company developing or building a major defense acquisition program while it or an affiliate provides systems-engineering-and-technical-assistance (SETA) input on the product. The Pentagon has been revising federal acquisition regulations regarding OCI,…

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