Defense Oversight Gets a Makeover

Defense Oversight Gets a Makeover!

The U.S. House of Representatives is looking into making improvements related to defense oversight with some quick steps in the fiscal 2026 defense policy bill. Mandating the Pentagon to create a “Clandestine Activities Vendor Database” to track commercial vendors in secret military ops. This defense oversight initiative, part of the massive National Defense Authorization Act,…

GAO Rejects Cost-Sharing Proposal

GAO Rejects Cost-Sharing Proposal in Procurement Reform

In recent turns of events, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has slammed a proposal in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act that would force losing bid protesters to cover government and contractor costs in procurement reform efforts. GAO’s General Counsel, Edda Emmanuelli Perez, argues this cost-sharing plan could sabotage procurement reform by discouraging competition and…