David Drabkin: Use the FAR as a Sword, Not a Shield
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Host Tim Templeton talks with David Drabkin, a former official within the DoD, GSA, and Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee of the US Senate. At the top of their topics: the long-term positive effects of rewriting FAR sections, the criticality of appointing full-time people for efficient regulation implementation, and the benefits of using FAR power and flexibility to affect change.
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Chapters
1. David Drabkin: Use the FAR as a Sword, Not a Shield (00:00:00)
2. Efficient regulation change through FAR revision (00:03:11)
3. Buy instead of build. Save taxpayer dollars (00:09:05)
4. Appoint full-time people to execute regulation change (00:15:50)
5. Lack of understanding that our system is inflexible enough (00:22:10)
6. The FAR should be used as a sword, not a shield (00:23:13)
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