DOD acquisition chief outlines plan to help warfighters, taxpayers
September 14th, 2010
The Defense Department's $400 billion-a-year system for buying goods and services is about to undergo major changes designed to save taxpayer money without affecting mission readiness, a senior Pentagon official says.
"We're asking you to do more without more," Ashton B. Carter, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, said in a memo to his senior acquisitions staff released Sept. 14.
The plan contains 23 areas of improvement to make the department's procurement offices and defense contractors more efficient.
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"We're asking you to do more without more," Ashton B. Carter, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, said in a memo to his senior acquisitions staff released Sept. 14.
The plan contains 23 areas of improvement to make the department's procurement offices and defense contractors more efficient.
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