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Army

Army Moving Out To Implement Acquisition Reform

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, September 12th, 2011

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The Army is moving forward smartly to implement most of the acquisition reform recommendations by the most recent committee to grapple with the process--the Decker Wagner acquisition report. Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Lt. Gen. William Phillips said the service is implementing 63 of 76 recommendations by the panel. For example, the service is working with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to offer language to members of…

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