Home pagePress CenterIn the Media David Berteau, director of the CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, was quoted by Federal Times, "Fuzzy picture hinders DoD efforts to beef up acquisition work force."
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David Berteau, director of the CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, was quoted by Federal Times, "Fuzzy picture hinders DoD efforts to beef up acquisition work force."
The Defense Department has such a muddled view of who makes up its contracting work force that it can’t begin hiring to address what many perceive as a work force shortage, a senior department official said.
But others say the department cannot afford to delay hiring.
Adding to the problem, “our bosses and our leaders don’t really understand contracting, and that may be our top problem,” said David Berteau, director of defense industries at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Read the article
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