Kendall pushes 'new data' to fend off Better Buying Power critics

摘要

In a rebuke to his critics in Congress, Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's acquisition chief, said Wednesday that he does not plan to author a fourth installment of Better Buying Power - the Defense Department's key acquisition improvement initiative - because current trends indicate that the first three BBP initiatives have been successfully controlling weapon system contract costs. Kendall, who spoke at a Potomac Officers Club event in McLean, VA, unveiled "new data" spanning the period from 1985 to the present, which he says provides "compelling confirmation" that his office is going in the right direction on cost controls.