Lawmakers want Pentagon IG to help referee fight over secrecy of B-21 contract details

By Jason Sherman / May 26, 2016 at 6:15 PM
Lawmakers want the Pentagon's inspector general to review the Air Force's B-21 bomber security strategy, tapping a powerful figure beyond the Air Force's chain of command to help referee an unsettled question over how much information the government should publicly disclose about the planned $80 billion acquisition. The Senate Appropriations Committee, in a report accompanying its version of the fiscal year 2017 Pentagon spending bill, directs the Defense Department IG to review the strategy -- which the Air Force is...

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