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By Lauren C. Williams Dec 16, 2020 Acquisition reform appears to be losing some momentum to go by the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, but Congress is urging the Pentagon to pilot consumption-based buying and cloud, according to language in the conference report. The consumption-based acquisition provision was originally recommended by the Section 809 panel, which was commissioned to develop recommendations to improve the Defense Departments acquisition practices, in 2019. Congress late...

The 2021 NDAA includes a pilot program based on the Section 809 panel recommendations that will allow DOD to buy tech solutions based on how much they use.

The new pilot program based on the Section 809 panel recommendations could speed things up by allowing DOD to buy tech solutions based on how much they ...