The federal government’s most ambitious acquisition reform in more than three decades requires fundamental changes to how contracting officers think about risk and is not just about rewriting regulations, according to Larry Allen of the General Services Administration.
Allen, associate administrator of GSA’s Office of Governmentwide Policy, spoke during a webcast hosted Wednesday by the Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University.
“Even if we rewrite the rules, we’re not going to be ultimately successful unless we reform the culture,” said Allen, who also is GSA’s chief acquisition officer.