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Report Says Defense Acquisition Must Balance Effectiveness, Efficiency

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

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In this period of transition between conflict and peace, defense acquisition and sustainment must find the balance between effectively supporting warfighters and the demand for more efficiency, a new report said. The balance must also take into account the defense strategy’s call for support if a larger force structure must be reconstituted. The Defense Department doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel, but expand some new, but existing approaches, says Daniel Goure of the Lexington Institute in his new report: “Toward…

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