. department and between the government and private contractors. DoD acquisition personnel and DoD contractorsoften lack the technical and managerial expertise and experience for working with FDA. Often,. them.Organizationally, several offices within DoD are responsible for vari-ous aspects of drug and vaccine development and acquisition. For more than a decade, the need for a government-owned, contractor-operated. reviewers of the draft report, Richard A.Merrill of the University of Virginia School of Law and Bernie Rostker of RAND, also contributed to a stronger final report.We are responsible, of course, for...