Claire Grady named Coast Guard senior procurement executive.The Coast Guard has named Claire n. 1. A small inclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters. Grady to fill a new position as senior procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. executive and head of contracting activity effective July 2007. As the senior acquisition official, she will lead the effort to strengthen the Coast Guard's acquisition programs. Grady comes to the Coast Guard from her position as director of strategic initiatives in the Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States Department's central procurement The procurement of materiel, supplies, or services by an officially designated command or agency with funds specifically provided for such procurement for the benefit and use of the entire component or, in the case of single managers, for the Military Departments as a whole. office. She has 16 years of government acquisition experience and previously worked for the U.S. Navy. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion