The Army chief of staff, who recently submitted a report to Congress advocating for greater autonomy of the services in acquisition, on March 10 made the case for greater decentralization and accountability, in hopes of accelerating the process. Speaking at a conference in Washington hosted by the New America Foundation, Gen. Mark Milley said "the best methods of management are to empower and decentralize." Stipulating that the acquisition system is "slow," and attributing that in part to "layers upon layers,"...
