Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the Subcommittees, thank you for this opportunity to appear before you to discuss the Department's acquisition workforce.
Acquisition plays a key role in our nation's defense.
It provides needed material and services that support the National Military Strategy. It provides the framework to ensure that the Navy Department, and DoD as a whole, can effectively execute all of its world-wide missions, continue its modernization efforts, and react accordingly in a dynamic and ever changing world. Therefore, it is imperative that we continuously reform and improve our acquisition system and our workforce to be better, faster, and more commercial-like so that it always provides our warfighters the material they need to fight and to win. The acquisition workforce is the single most important component of that system and my number one priority. Processes are in place to size the acquisition workforce efficiently according to mission needs without putting at risk our ability to equip our warfighters.