Pentagon procurement pros pack it up
The Defense Department is facing a huge wave of retirements among its acquisition workforce in the next five years, and officials are taking drastic measures to stem the brain drain.
In the past decade, DoD has cut the ranks of acquisition specialists by half. Now the Pentagon wants to avoid
In May, DoD launched a task force to figure out how to better attract and retain procurement professionals and began tapping contract pros both from within government and from the private sector for their ideas. The task force has set a July 31 deadline for establishing a program that will look at ways to boost recruiting and slow attrition in the acquisition field.
The task force's goal is to reduce the time it takes to fill procurement positions with the right people.
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