Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall would like Congress to consider creating a new pool of cash that Defense Department officials would be allowed to dip into when acquisition programs hit "inevitable" rough patches, according to a letter he recently sent to Capitol Hill. Kendall, who suggested the new "management reserve" fund amid an array of other recommendations in the June 13 letter to Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Carl Levin (D-MI), explained that DOD is forced to mitigate acquisition program...
