After more than a decade of high-tempo work aimed at getting equipment to the battlefield as quickly as possible, the Army official in charge of contracting says it’s time for his workforce to slow down and think. Harry Hallock, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for procurement, tells Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu the Army took contracting shortcuts during wartime and not all of them were smart decisions.

The following is an excerpt of Hallock’s interview with Jared. Listen to their full interview on this week’s On DoD radio show, Wednesday at 3 p.m.

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