By Robert Brodsky
Defense contractors are performing fundamental government functions that should be confined exclusively to federal employees, the Pentagon's top procurement policy official testified on Tuesday.
Roughly 5 percent of the Defense Department's acquisition workforce consists of contractors, a number of whom provide administrative support, Shay Assad, director of Defense procurement and acquisition policy told the House Armed Service Subcommittee on Readiness.
On occasion, he said, these contractors appear to be performing "inherently governmental" tasks such as helping to determine an acquisition approach and business strategy, selecting who will perform the work, and negotiating the cost and terms of a contract.
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