
The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday approved a dozen bills, including two that codify existing acquisition policies within the Department of Homeland Security. The Reducing Costs of DHS Acquisitions Act (H.R. 6871) would require DHS to report to Congress when a major acquisition program breaches its estimated life-cycle cost. A major acquisition program at DHS is defined as one costing at least $300 million or one defined by the department’s chief acquisition officer as a program of interest. “Proper…