The Army should update the guidance it uses to compute its acquisition objectives and identify events that should trigger a review of the objective, according to a recent report from the Army Audit Agency. The assessment, released Sept. 25 and obtained by Inside the Army , finds that the Army's process for setting Army Acquisition Objectives was "inconsistent and complicated by wartime needs." An AAO is the service's requirement for an item and is "used to justify budgets and programs...
