Acquisition workers: no more reforms!(WASHINGTON PULSE: NEWS FROM INSIDE THE BELTWAY)

• Author: Erwin, Sandra I.

* Federal procurement officials want meaningful change in acquisition policies. But enough with the blue-ribbon panels on how to overhaul the system, concluded a survey by the Professional Services Council and Grant Thornton. Acquisition professionals, particularly at Defense, said it is time for a "moratorium on new initiatives," considering that after 20 years of attempts at reform not much has been accomplished. The problem is that agencies have been deluged by reform proposals and never have enough time to implement them before the next wave. In 1986, the Packard...