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Betsy Schmid and MJ Mitchell, Aerospace Industries Association

Capitol Hill turns to an array of outside groups for advice. The deadline for comments to the Armed Services committees was last Thursday. One set of recommend...

Federal News Network Staff

July 15, 2014 4:30 pm

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Capitol Hill turns to an array of outside groups for advice. The deadline for comments to the Armed Services committees was last Thursday. One set of recommendations comes from the Aerospace Industries Association. Betsy Schmid is VP of National Security and Acquisition Policy for the AIA. She’s also former staff director of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. MJ Mitchell is AIA’s managing assistant VP for National Security and Acquisition Policy, and former chief financial officer of the F-35 program. The two explained AIA’s approach to acquisition reform on In Depth with guest host Jared Serbu.