It is important to emphasize that the authors have notattempted to assess or evaluate the transition or Project Deepwater itself.Instead, the report focuses on providing lessons learned from the transitionand offers three recommendations for contract management staff, agencyexecutives, and congressional and executive-level policy makers.

Rethinking How to Improve Contracting Contracting issues will be on the front burner of the Obama administration, and the stakes are large. The Administration has already committed to greater transparency, stronger ethics, more competition, and rethinking the roles of contractors and government employees.

INPUT, a research company that tracks government business, released a special report in April: “