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Acquisition goals at DHS

Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer for the Department of Homeland Security, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss her vision for the DHS acquisition workfor...

Roger Waldron

March 30, 2016 5:43 pm

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Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer, Department of Homeland Security

This week on “Off the Shelf”, Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer for the Department of Homeland Security, discusses DHS’s strategic goals/principles in delivering cost effective, best value contract solutions to support mission.

Correa layouts her vision for the DHS acquisition workforce, procurement operations, and government-industry communications.

She also provides an update on DHS’s procurement innovation labs, small business contracting goals and performance as well as the DHS’s first ever Reverse Industry Day.

Finally, Correa shares her unique perspective, having managed both program mission and acquisition operations, on the relationship between program management and acquisition management in the procurement process.