The Bush administration has issued a statement saying it
“strongly opposes any reduction in the defense
acquisition workforce,” such as that proposed in the
House-passed Defense Department authorization bill for
fiscal 2005 (HR-4200).
The House bill would cut that workforce by 5 percent by
October 1, 2005, while the Senate counterpart would
increase staff by 15 percent over three years (see above).
Said the statement: “The acquisition workload has been
increasing as the workforce has been declining for several
years. Reducing personnel or constraining employment
would lead to insufficient staff to manage requirements,
an increased backlog in closing out completed contracts,
reduced scrutiny and timeliness in reviewing acquisition
actions, and skill imbalances. Especially now with our
troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere in the world,
any reduction in DoD’s acquisition workforce would
jeopardize DoD’s ability to support our fighting forces.”
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