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Traditional Acquisition Processes Challenge DoD IT Procurement

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Friday, November 13th, 2009

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By Geoff Fein The way in which traditional weapon systems develop and mature technology and the fact that the current acquisition process fails to take into account user preferences makes buying information technology (IT) a challenge for the Defense Department (DoD), according to a top Pentagon official. In IT alone, the DoD spends more than $30 billion annually, William Lynn, deputy secretary of defense, told attendees at yesterday's at a Washington, D.C., defense IT acquisition summit. "So how we integrate…

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