Assignment

Better Buying Power or BBP is the title of a Department of Defense document that is a blueprint of policy and advice and guidance for this week's discussion. In today's new climate of "doing more without more" and the goals from the Pentagon and White House since the beginning of 2017, this topic has taken on more importance.

Use the following resources plus any additional you deem necessary to answer the Forum questions.

References Reading to start this discussion:

Resources for this week's discussion start with "What is Better Buying Power".

Within this BBP site, go to the item listed as "Eliminate Unproductive Processes and Bureaucracy." Within this set of related documents provided, develop a foundation for answering this week's Forum questions. Read the documents provided. Use them to assist in answering the Forum question.

Become familiar with this web site as we will visit this again in the coming weeks.

Source for Forum questions: 2017 President's Executive Order Executive Order on a "Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch".

Forum Questions:

1. Speculate on how will the 2017 President's Executive Order Executive Order on a "Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch" impact the Better Buying Power of government contractors for military equipment requirements across all the Defense Department?

2. Should the President of the US issue any additional executive orders to impact the Better Buying Power to support the Defense Department mission support equipment needs? If not, why not? If yes, what would such an executive order include?