Thomas Bruneau

Unwavering Adherence to Regulations Shortchanges Warfighters

According to the late Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, who referred to himself as the acquisition czar, 10,000 contracting officers award 10 million contracts each year. The almost total, literally sacrosanct utilization of the FAR has resulted in a broken acquisition system putting U.S. national security — and specifically the warfighters — at risk.