Ford Heard, Veterans Affairs Department

The Department of Veterans Affairs is building a "special ops" team of acquisition experts. Ford Heard, the associate deputy assistant secretary for procurement...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is building a “special ops” team of acquisition experts. Ford Heard, the associate deputy assistant secretary for procurement policy, systems and oversight at the VA, joined Federal News Radio’s Executive Editor Jason Miller and Francis Rose on In Depth. They discussed the latest results of Federal News Radio’s Chief Acquisition Officer Survey.

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