A new bill offered by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) would transform the Defense Department's Joint Requirements Oversight Council and establish a new rapid acquisition authority empowered to elevate key procurement decisions to the highest levels of the Pentagon. The proposed bill, known as the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery Act, or SPEED Act, focuses on the “root cause” of the Pentagon’s dysfunctional acquisition system, according to senior congressional...
