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  "id": 2656,
  "url": "https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/07/dod-suspends-cmmc-phase-2-launches-60-day-reform-review/414740",
  "title": "DOD suspends CMMC Phase 2, launches 60-day ‘reform’ review",
  "summary": "Citing prohibitive costs for small and mid-size contractors, the Defense Department will keep Phase I self-assessments in place while a new task force studies the cyber and supply chain security program's future.",
  "authors": "Nick Wakeman",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-13T20:55:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:11:46.979Z",
  "source_slug": "x-nextgov-fcw",
  "source_name": "NextGov/FCW",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.nextgov.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2656",
  "original_url": "https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/07/dod-suspends-cmmc-phase-2-launches-60-day-reform-review/414740",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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