The Defense Department is working in compliance with a White House executive order to ensure it doesn't default to procuring expensive, custom-made systems and services when commercially available items can be found, according to a new Pentagon memo. An April 16 executive order required federal agencies to “procure commercially available products and services, including those that can be modified to fill agencies’ needs, to the maximum extent practicable.” In accordance with the order, John Tenaglia, DOD’s principal director of contracting...
