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Committee Probes Acquisition Workforce, Contracting Practices and Civilian Cuts as Navy Seeks Faster Deliveries
Summary
The subcommittee pressed Navy leaders on a large acquisition workforce, the use of cost‑plus contracts, recent civilian workforce reductions and how those trends affect shipyard throughput and contract execution.
House appropriators pressed Navy leaders on the department’s acquisition workforce size, contracting incentives and the impact of civilian personnel reductions on shipyard throughput and contract execution.
Secretary John Phelan told the committee the Navy has a large acquisition organization and said it currently handles an extensive volume of contracts: "In acquisitions alone, we have 56,000 people in our acquisitions department. Now, we did last year, 217,000…
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