EO 14265

Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base

National SecurityGovernment ReformEconomy & Trade

Summary

This executive order directs the Department of Defense to modernize and accelerate its defense acquisition processes and overhaul its acquisition workforce. It requires the Secretary of Defense to submit reform plans within 60-120 days that streamline procurement procedures, reduce bureaucratic requirements, prioritize commercial solutions, and restructure how acquisition personnel are trained and evaluated.

Key Points

  • 1Secretary of Defense must submit a plan within 60 days to reform DoD acquisition processes, emphasizing speed and flexibility while prioritizing commercial solutions and streamlined authorities
  • 2Requires review and elimination of unnecessary internal DoD regulations, instructions, and guidance related to acquisition, applying a ten-for-one deregulation rule
  • 3Directs development of an acquisition workforce reform plan within 120 days, including restructured performance metrics that reward consideration of commercial solutions and adaptive acquisition approaches, analysis of staffing levels, and establishment of field training teams to provide guidance on innovative procurement methods

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