The newly enacted Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act has stripped a Senate provision that would have created a new progress payment incentive pilot program, opting for the Government Accountability Office to study the issue. The stripped provision, championed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), would have required the Defense Department to implement a four-year pilot program that would have made accelerated payments to defense contractors contingent upon responsiveness to various metrics like cost and schedule performance. The House version...
