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Navy/USMC

Navy Taking Steps To Becoming A More Informed Buyer

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Thursday, April 17th, 2008

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By Geoff Fein In February, Navy Secretary Donald Winter issued an eight-page memo outlining the way ahead for improvements to the service's acquisition process. It's hoped that the new effort will improve the way the Navy buys things...making the right decisions before making significant investments, Winter told Defense Daily in a recent interview. "One of our biggest objectives right now is to minimize the need for changes, to be able to really stabilize requirements, specifications, and our criteria [for] the…

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