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Article: Outsourcing Base Operations Support Functions: The Laughlin Experience.(Air Force)
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- Program Manager
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- January 1, 2001
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In a recent DoD Acquisition Reform satellite broadcast, Stan Soloway, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform), and Director, Defense Reform Initiative, stated that the A-76 cost comparison process and competitive sourcing is "a critical management tool ... and relies on the benefits of competition to determine the most effective and cost-efficient means to provide a wide range of services to support DoD's mission."
He went on to say that "A-76 cost comparisons have consistently concluded the obvious - competition drives better efficiency and higher performance and saves taxpayer dollars." [1] Indeed, as DoD continues down the right-sizing path, ...