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McCaul, Other House Homeland Security Members Introduce DHS Acquisition Reform Bill

McCaul, Other House Homeland Security Members Introduce DHS Acquisition Reform Bill
Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Committee on Homeland Security as well as co-chair of the Friends of Australia Caucus. (Photo: U.S. House of Representatives)

Several members of the House Homeland Security Committee, including Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), on Thursday introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at reforming acquisition management at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The 52-page DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act (H.R. 4228) would give authority to the under secretary for management, who is also the chief acquisition officer in DHS, to approve, halt, modify or cancel major acquisition programs. Many of the bill’s provisions are already contained in DHS acquisition guidelines,…

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