Watchdog finds DOD reforms have not sped up slow acquisition process

By Tony Bertuca / December 12, 2024 at 12:12 PM
The Defense Department's efforts to accelerate its notoriously slow acquisition process have proved unsuccessful, despite years of reform work, according to the Government Accountability Office, which released a new report today doubling down on its recent assertion that DOD procurement remains "alarmingly slow." “DOD’s efforts to increase the speed of delivery to the warfighter have yet to improve average delivery time for weapon system acquisitions,” GAO said in a report assessing a collection of reforms known as the Adaptive Acquisition...

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