Federal contractors shouldn’t worry about the Defense Department ramping up its oversight of independent research funding, said the DoD’s top acquisition official at an event in Arlington, Va. on Wednesday.
Frank Kendall, DoD undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, told an audience at a Professional Service’s Council luncheon that by placing the funding under tighter scrutiny, DoD isn’t trying to dictate the kind of research coming out of the private sector.
Contractors have taken issue with a section of the newest iteration of the Better Buying Power 3.0 Initiative which would add time and costs to the review process for DoD contracts participating in independent research and development, or IRAD.
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