Army acquisition agencies: back to the future.

• Position: Washington Pulse - Brief Article

The Army's procurement bureaucracy is undergoing yet another major reshuffle that is aimed at improving the flow of equipment to the front lines and expediting weapon maintenance.

Claude Bolton, the Army's top acquisition executive, and Gen. Benjamin Griffin, head of the Army Materiel Command, are working on details of the new plan. The intent is to align major acquisition program offices and AMC's subordinate commands under "life cycle commanders," who would be responsible for procurement, fielding and logistics...