Assad: Improving Quality Of Acquisition Workforce Remains Key Challenge

摘要

As the Defense Department eyes the next iteration of its key acquisition reform effort Better Buying Power, defense officials must continue to focus on improving the acquisition workforce to support that reform, according to Shay Assad, the director of defense pricing. Improving the quality of the defense acquisition workforce ~ although positive strides have been made - remains the department's biggest single challenge in this reform arena, Assad told Inside the Pentagon in a May 22 interview. "We've got a very capable and competent workforce, but to do the kinds of things that we want to do it takes a really well-trained professional workforce to accomplish that kind of work," Assad said, noting the department's Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund plays an important role in helping to improve on the training of the workforce. The fund was established in 2008 to help rebuild the defense acquisition workforce.