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Defense acquisition reform bill coming from House Armed Services Committee

Committee Chairman Ike Skelton says fixing the acquisition system at the Department of Defense is a bipartisan goal.

Tags: contracting , best practices , Congress , Defense , DoD , Pentagon , Defense Department , Defense Acquisition Reform Panel , Rob Andrews

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House takes aim on Pentagon contracting reform

Last year, Congress passed and sent on to President Obama a bill to reform how the Pentagon acquires large weapons systems. Now, House lawmakers are back with a proposal to reform the other 80 percent of Defense Department procurement that does not have to do with weapons.

Tags: newsstand , contracting , DoD , Pentagon , Robert Andrews , Mike Conaway , House Armed Services Committee , auditing , Max Cacas

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