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Geurts Pushing to Decentralize Navy Acquisition

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018

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Geurts Pushing to Decentralize Navy Acquisition

James Geurts, Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of the Navy. Formerly he served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN-RDA from December 2017-January 20, 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy’s top weapons buyer is pushing to decentralize acquisition and procurement to the lowest possible level as part of an effort to better pivot between challenges.James Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development & acquisition, said the Navy and Defense Department have been given two years of buffering of funding by Congress to help enact fundamental changes, in line with what Secretary of Defense James Mattis is pushing for. However, he said the fear is that in…

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