DOD ditches requirement to provide Congress annual SARs this summer, citing limited out-year data

By Jason Sherman / August 25, 2021 at 10:57 AM
The Defense Department is spiking plans to provide Congress detailed updates about the status of major weapon system acquisitions -- a nearly $2 trillion portfolio -- advising lawmakers earlier this summer that because the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2022 budget submission is not accompanied by a detailed future-year spending forecast, the Pentagon will not submit any annual Selected Acquisition Reports. Specifically, DOD shelved plans to generate annual reports -- that would have been dated December 2020 -- which would have...

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