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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 3, 2021
Defense Software Acquisition Cadre Act of 2021
This bill requires the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment of the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a group of experts on development and acquisition of software to ensure a consistent, strategic, and highly knowledgeable approach to developing and acquiring software in support of DOD Instruction 5000.02, Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework (January 23, 2020).
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Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] · D–MD
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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