New From CRS

An "oversight issue" for House and Senate lawmakers -- the new ones of which were sworn in today -- "is the extent to which the Weapon System Acquisition Reform Act and the Better Buying Power initiative are having a positive effect" on Defense Department acquisitions, according to a Congressional Research Service report issued yesterday.

View the report -- originally obtained by Secrecy News -- which contains a good primer on the Pentagon acquisition process.

And check out some other just-issued CRS reports, also courtesy of Secrecy News:

CRS Report On The Army's GCV Program

CRS Report On The Army's JLTV Program

CRS Report On The Marine Corps' ACV And MPC Programs

CRS Report On The CTBT