House Oversight advances bills to reform Federal Acquisition Security Council, address government use of source code

The House Oversight Committee unanimously approved two bills at a Wednesday markup to make changes to the structure and mission of the Federal Acquisition Security Council and on sharing source code among agencies.

“Congress must have an active role in directing the FASC to consider the exclusion and removal of certain sources of concern from federal systems,” Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said ahead of the vote on the Federal Acquisition Security Council Improvement Act. The bill was advanced with...