Today it's more accepted. It forces a new way of thinking and the taking on of responsibility. Interconnectivity is coming and that will help. The team can do it by e-mail. The shift is slowly being realized.
Empowerment means more authority.
Now the 11s and 12s are being warranted. This is a big change. But until we give authority to and warrant all the 11 and 12s, there will not be complete empowerment. Without the warrant the contract specialist has to take it to the contracting officer for a signature, so there is in effect one extra level of review. We have eliminated all other reviews and, as the warranting progresses, we will have buying teams that are more autonomous.