No More 'Acquisition Reform Studies'.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Washington Pulse - Defense procurement and contract letting - Brief Article

The Defense Department already has conducted 128 studies on acquisition reform. Enough is enough, said Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Edward C. "Pete" Aldridge.

"The problem is the implementation," Aldridge told a gathering of top defense industry executives. "The bureaucracy is very slow."

He said that "some progress" had been achieved in acquisition reform. "We don't need to do any more studies," he argued. One of his goals is for the acquisition...