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Budget

Senate Revisits DoD Acquisition Reforms

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, June 26th, 2013

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Senior senators are seeking additional reforms to the Pentagon’s processes for buying weapons, including a reexamination of the acquisition system and attempts to prevent the addition of requirements to platforms as they are being built. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) told reporters Tuesday he believes provisions sprinkled throughout the fiscal year 2014 defense authorization bill his panel approved two weeks ago will help wring savings out of the Pentagon’s requirements, development and acquisition processes. “There are…

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