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Hill Panel To Unveil Plan For Helping Defense Industry In Days

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

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A special House panel will propose a series of recommendations by the end of next week for helping smaller companies compete for Pentagon contracts, its members said yesterday. The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Panel on Business Challenges in the Defense Industry held its final roundtable discussion with defense firms yesterday and is finalizing a report with recommended legislation that is due by March 10, Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) told reporters. They hope proposed legislative changes will be included in…

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