The Defense Department is asking managers of its biggest acquisition programs to sign pacts committing them to stay on the job and meet cost, schedule and performance goals. In a wide-ranging discussion with reporters today, Pentagon acquisition executive John Young said DOD began asking for such agreements a few months ago. "We've actually for some time now been working an initiative where we have program management agreements," he said. By inking the pact, a program manager acknowledges he or she...
