Army previews FY-19 legislative proposals on acquisition

By Courtney McBride / November 27, 2017 at 6:46 PM
As the Army works to reform acquisition, senior leaders are seeking greater flexibility with appropriated funds -- a push that could meet with resistance in Congress. A memorandum issued Nov. 15 by Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy, then serving as acting secretary, directs the assistant secretary of the Army for financial management and comptroller to "write a legislative change proposal for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to increase year of execution funding flexibility to enable timely program...

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