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Procurement >> AMS Background

AMS Background

  • FAA Administrator's Statement of Authority for AMS (April 1996)
  • Department of Transportation Appropriations Act of 1996 (Sections 347 and 348) (November 1995)
  • Vice President's Letter to FAA Administrator (November 1995)
  • FAA Administrator's Speech to the National Contract Management Association (December 1995)
  • FAA Acquisition Executive's Presentation to Congressional Staff (January 1996)
  • FAA Chief Financial Officer's Presentation to Congressional Staff (January 1996)
  • Report from Blue Ribbon Panel on FAA Acquisition Reform (March 1996)
  • Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996 (Section 226) (October 1996)
  • McCain/Ford Bill s.1239 (September 1995)
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