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Pentagon’s Top Acquisition Official Raises Concerns About SASC’s Reform Language

Valerie Insinna

Tuesday, May 19th, 2015

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Pentagon’s Top Acquisition Official Raises Concerns About SASC’s Reform Language

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. Photo: DoD.

The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer has some questions about the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) acquisition reform proposal, specifically on language that would give the service chiefs more authority in the process.Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, has not seen the acquisition reform language that committee chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) included in the panel's version of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill. But although more involvement of the service chiefs is welcome, some parts of…

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