Wednesday, October 20, 2021

DeCA, exchanges' merger dropped

The Pentagon is scuttling its 2008-started efforts to merge the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) and the military services' three separate exchange systems, according to a report obtained by Military.com. The report found that the plan would not result in the billions of savings originally projected. The report, which was sent to Congress in August, indicates DoD's new business case analysis of the proposal found no economic benefit to consolidation; and it'd cost another $15B to do it. The 2021 analysis update showed signs were "pointing in the wrong direction for consolidation.: The report was signed by Virginia Penrod, acting under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness. (Source: Military.com 10/20/21) Pentagon Abandons Its Support for Merging the Commissary and Exchange Systems | Military.com

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