Pentagon tries to better manage $145B in services contracts as GAO preps report

By Tony Bertuca / January 19, 2016 at 9:45 AM
The Defense Department is focusing on how to better manage the $145 billion it spent on the acquisition of services in fiscal year 2015, while the Government Accountability Office is in the final stages of crafting a report on the matter, according to a top Pentagon official. Ken Brennan, deputy director of services acquisition, told Inside Defense in an interview that the Pentagon's new oversight and review structure for services contracts will bolster efforts to achieve auditability and smarter...

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