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DoD takes next step in acquisition reform, renews calls for contractor stimulus

The Defense Department just took another step toward its goal of modernizing its acquisition system.

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Former House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, speaks during a hearing on the FY2019 budget with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer David L. Norquist, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Thornberry’s latest round of procurement reforms tackle DoD requirements, sustainment processes

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Audit finds big concerns within DoD’s management of smaller weapons systems

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Two agencies team up to address national supply chain issues

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Section 809: Will accountability and transparency be the price of reform?

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Section 809 panel’s final report prescribes ‘revolutionary’ changes to DoD buying

Acquisition Policy

Tracking defense acquisition trends in 2018

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Latest effort to reform DoD acquisition borrows heavily from expert panel’s recommendations

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New answers to securing data

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An analysis of the 2018 NDAA

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Panel gives tiny defense acquisition tweaks to make broader impact

Defense News

With most senior positions still vacant, Pentagon must tell Congress how it plans to restructure itself

In part two of a special report: Defense Acquisition at a Crossroads,…

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The legacy of Better Buying Power: DoD’s gambit to reform acquisition ‘from within’

The Pentagon’s internal improvement plan, known as Better Buying Power, coincided with several consecutive years of declines in the rate of cost growth…

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Pentagon appoints panel to scrub acquisition regulations

DoD Reporter's Notebook

The Defense Department appointed 18 members to yet another advisory committee to study the acquisition system. But this one has a much more specific task than the blue ribbon panels that have come in the decades before it.