"Former Defense Leaders Call For Simpler Acquisition System"

The June 3, 2009, issue of GovExec.com cited Booz Allen's Ron Kadish in an article about the House Armed Services Committee's Defense Acquisition Reform Panel, which is examining the lack of integration between the Defense agencies that develop program requirements, establish budgets, and implement contracts.

"In an effort to improve the system, we have made it almost unintelligibly complex," said Kadish. "And, this complexity is an albatross around our neck."

Kadish warned the panel that any legislative fix that "adds to the rule book without taking something away does not help the process."