Senate appropriators target services contracts in new bill

By Tony Bertuca / November 24, 2017 at 5:00 AM
The Senate Appropriations Committee is concerned the Defense Department lacks visibility into the massive amount of money it spends every year on services contracts and is urging the Pentagon to implement "effective control mechanisms." "The committee is concerned that the Department of Defense does not have adequate policies, procedures, and controls in place to enforce limitations on the annual amounts expended on contracted services," according to the report accompanying the committee's fiscal year 2018 chairman's mark . The Pentagon spent...

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