Julia Gledhill, Author at Breaking Defense

The Pentagon has gone too far in using the Other Transaction Authority. Congress should act.

Created in 1958 for NASA, the obscure fiscal tool has since become the predominant approach to military contracting – at great risk to taxpayers, one researcher warns.

五角大楼滥用“其他交易授权”的做法太过分了。国会应该采取行动。

一位研究人员警告说，这项鲜为人知的财政工具于 1958 年为美国国家航空航天局 (NASA) 创建，此后却成为军事承包的主要方式——这对纳税人来说风险极大。