The House's fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill will propose new flexibility for the Defense Department in how it spends operations and maintenance funds, according to a congressional staffer close to the matter. Thanks to a measure championed by House Appropriations defense subcommittee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-TX), DOD will be able to "spend up to 25 percent of the funds in the last two months of the fiscal year," the staffer said. Current regulations stipulate DOD cannot spend more than...
