Acquisition Talk

A daily blog on weapon systems acquisition

  • Home
  • Blog Posts
  • Podcast
  • PPBE Reform
  • About
  • Resources
    • Reading List
    • Links
    • Papers
    • Top Posts
    • AFWERX data
  • Contact

OMB Circular A-109

The backlash to Packard’s rapid acquisition and reform: a warning

December 11, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

David Packard left office as DepSecDef in December 1971, and a few years later with the passage of OMB Circular A-109 and updates to the […]

Share this:

  • Print
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Twitter

Battista on the ill-conceived OMB Circular A-109

April 8, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

We join an interesting conversation between Mr. Battista, a Pentagon watchdog and test advocate, and Representative Sheley. They are discussing the recent roll-out of OMB […]

Share this:

  • Print
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Twitter

Get posts by email

Search

Featured

  • Acquisition Headlines
  • Making the FAR sing isn’t enough — no one can be expert in all applicable laws, regs
  • DoD can’t do rapid prototyping like it used to
  • We are literally suffocating from excess manning and excessive management
  • Has program budgeting failed the world over?
  • Navy found $126 million in parts it didn’t know existed, and what that says about oversight
  • The problem of shipbuilding capacity in expanding the Navy’s fleet

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

RSS Error: WP HTTP Error: A valid URL was not provided.

Copyright © 2025 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes