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DoD 5000 Update to Be Complete By End of 2019

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, October 21st, 2019

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DoD 5000 Update to Be Complete By End of 2019

Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

The Pentagon remains on track to release a streamlined, updated version of its major systems procurement rules by the end of this calendar year, the department’s acquisition leader said Oct. 17. Contractors can expect to see a new “adaptive acquisition framework” for the Section 5000.02 rules in December, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord said during a keynote speech at the annual ComDef conference in Washington, D.C. The goal is to eliminate arcane rules that do not…

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