The Pentagon’s Panel on Contracting Integrity has added a new subcommittee to uncover opportunities for more effective competition. Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy Shay Assad chartered the panel’s 13th subcommittee, “Opportunities for More Effective Competition,” in late July, Defense Department spokeswoman Cheryl Irwin told Inside the Pentagon . A recently released Government Accountability Office report on competition in federal contracting found opportunities for DOD to increase its use of competition in acquisition programs. The report, dated July 26...
