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Congress

Legislation Creating DoD Acquisition Oversight Shop On Hold For Now On Hill

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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford A congressional proposal to create a new Pentagon director of independent cost assessment is on hold for now, after powerful supporters were not able to attach a provision creating the new post to the recently passed defense authorization bill Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) proposed the new Defense Department oversight role--to ensure non-biased reviews of the accuracy of cost estimates for major defense programs--during a June 3 hearing of his committee. The person would…

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