Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall will support defense components' proposals to reduce acquisition workforce levels if officials present proper justification in advance, he writes in a recent memo. "As you conduct your assessment of acquisition workload during these fiscally constrained times, I will support your need to increase, sustain or decrease acquisition workforce levels inside of your total workforce constraints and with acceptable risk," Kendall writes in a Sept. 11 memo. However, he states if defense components intend to...
