Etherton Bestowed NDIA's Gold Medal for Service.

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* Jon Etherton--who served seven years as a senior fellow for the National Defense Industrial Association--was awarded the organization's Gold Medal to honor his work advancing acquisition reform in the federal and defense sectors.

Etherton, who is retiring, received the award in April at the association's Arlington, Virginia, headquarters, from President and CEO Hawk Carlisle and Board Chairman Arnold Punaro.

Among his many contributions, Etherton directed and cowrote NDIA's 2014 acquisition reform white paper, "Pathways to Transformation," which served as the basis for the House Armed Services Committee's four-year acquisition reform strategy. His recommendations led to the Sections 809 and 813 panels and myriad legislative actions.

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