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Section 804

New source of tension emerges between contractors and DoD

If Congress ever passes the 2024 Defense authorization bill, keep your eye on Section 804. It’s now in the Senate version, and it is aimed at granting…

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(AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa)

FILE - In this April 2, 2014, file photo, members of the media wait outside of the Bernie Beck Gate, an entrance to the Fort Hood military base in Fort Hood, Texas. Federal agents have seized more than 20 vehicles and the money in 10 bank accounts from a couple of U.S. Army veterans in Texas, who they say used personal information stolen from soldiers to defraud the military out of as much as $11 million. In an affidavit filed in court in June 2020 seeking to search the couple's home in Killeen, near Fort Hood, investigators described how they allegedly used a transportation reimbursement program to swindle the Army out of $2.3 million to $11.3 million. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa, File)

Calls to move military sexual assault cases to independent prosecutors reach a boiling point

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Navy will use new legal authorities to speed up top acquisition priorities

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Proposals for the Defense Department in President Donald Trump's first budget are displayed at the Government Printing Office in Washington, Thursday, March, 16, 2017. An essential element is missing from President Donald Trump’s plan for boosting the budgets of the U.S. military services by $54 billion in 2018. How, exactly, does the commander in chief intend to use the world’s most potent fighting force? (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

DoD says ‘OTA,’ industry says ‘Oy’

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