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Top DoD Official Crafts Efficiency Guidelines For Release In Fall

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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

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By Marina Malenic The Defense Department's top acquisition official said this week that he plans to issue 16 guidelines this fall aimed at implementing the department's strategy to cut waste and overhead in the Pentagon's bloated system. "I will issue guidance based upon consultations with industry in those 16 areas" in early September, said Ashton Carter, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. Carter was speaking to U.S.-based reporters at the Farnborough Airshow on July 19. "I'll be…

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