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Lord Details Roll-Out Of Acquisition Reform Efforts, New Cyber Contracting Standards In Coming Months

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, December 10th, 2019

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Lord Details Roll-Out Of Acquisition Reform Efforts, New Cyber Contracting Standards In Coming Months

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord holds a press briefing at the Pentagon on Dec. 10, 2019. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

The Pentagon’s top acquisition official on Tuesday detailed the department’s plans to release final versions of acquisition reform efforts in the coming months, including a rewrite of the DoD 5000 rules, while also clarifying that new cyber security contracting standards will be implemented on a rolling basis in 2020. Ellen Lord, the under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, told reporters she plans to sign new DoD 5000 policies this month and publish final versions of the Adaptive Acquisition…

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