Summary: The 2024 Defense authorization bill caused a sigh of relief in parts of the Pentagon. Why? Congress decided not to impose new rules and requirements for using other transaction authority, an increasingly popular way to streamline acquisition of new technologies. And anyhow, DoD recently updated OTA guidance on its own. For more, Federal News Network's Jason Miller spoke to the director for contract policy in the Office of Defense Pricing and Contracting, Mary Kathryn Robinson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
