Katharina McFarland, director at SAIC, discusses how to build a better acquisition workforce, and how to get out of the ‘checklist mentality.’

Nicholas West, acting director of the Office of Acquisition Policy, Integrity & Workforce at GSA and David Kimbro, director of the Procurement Review Division at GSA, discuss how they perform procurement oversight, and how they measure performance.

Maj Gen Suzanne “Zan” Vaultrinot (USAF-Ret.), president of Kilovolt Consulting, discusses why it’s important to loop procurement officers into military exercises, and why risk is something to be embraced.