Pentagon Leaders Prepare New Buying Rules Intended To Shift Culture

By Keith Costa, Elaine M. Grossman / September 4, 2002 at 5:00 AM
The Defense Department's top leadership is preparing to jettison cumbersome regulations that have controlled program development and acquisition for decades in favor of a set of guidelines proponents say are aimed at introducing a dramatic cultural shift in Pentagon buying practices, Inside the Pentagon has learned. But the proposed replacement is already stirring controversy among critics, who say they see early signs that an entrenched bureaucracy within the Office of the Secretary of Defense is attempting to sabotage major changes...

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