Jack Reed actually said...

In your statement and testimony you expressed concern about DOD's increased use of lowest-price technically acceptable contracts.

You identified three principal areas that DOD needs to incentivize: speed, thrift and simplicity.

It strikes me that the Department of Defense today is the--an industrial model, and we're in a post-industrial age.

It is appropriate that we take stock of what is and what is not working with regard to the organization and processes of the DOD.