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Jun 18, 2026 · 43 min · 14 segments
This week on *Off the Shelf*, Soraya Correa, president and chief executive officer of the…
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Roger WaldronHost
Jun 18, 2026 · 43 min · 14 segments
This week on *Off the Shelf*, Soraya Correa, president and chief executive officer of the…
Soraya CorreaGuestRoger WaldronHost
That's a great place to, you know, transition to talk about some policy stuff, which I know you love to do.
And, you know, we've had a remarkable, you know, evolution, revolution, the revolutionary far overhaul over the 2025.
And it was remarkable that it was accomplished in six months using the deviations.
Just give me your, you know, your 500 foot sort of what you think of how it's gone, your assessment of it, and we can maybe dive into some details too.
So I'm always I'm all for anything that simplifies and improves our regulatory process.
I do think that there is a lot of complexity or was a lot of complexity in the federal acquisition regulation.
But I'm going to make a comment that might upset a few people out there, but I have to say it.
and whether it was needed in an hour, a day, a week, or a month, I was able to accomplish it under the FAR.
As we reform, it's always great to rewrite it, make it plain English, simplify, improve, get rid of the superfluous nonsense that's in there, because there is a lot of superfluous nonsense in there.
It is really about how people use the document, how people read it, interpret it, and apply it.
The ability to really Think about the risks associated with the procurement, how you mitigate those risks, how you manage those risks, but not being afraid of taking certain risks given the missions that we serve and the work that we're trying to do.
That's a great place to, you know, transition to talk about some policy stuff, which I know you love to do.
And, you know, we've had a remarkable, you know, evolution, revolution, the revolutionary far overhaul over the 2025.
And it was remarkable that it was accomplished in six months using the deviations.
Just give me your, you know, your 500 foot sort of what you think of how it's gone, your assessment of it, and we can maybe dive into some details too.
So I'm always I'm all for anything that simplifies and improves our regulatory process.
I do think that there is a lot of complexity or was a lot of complexity in the federal acquisition regulation.
But I'm going to make a comment that might upset a few people out there, but I have to say it.
and whether it was needed in an hour, a day, a week, or a month, I was able to accomplish it under the FAR.
As we reform, it's always great to rewrite it, make it plain English, simplify, improve, get rid of the superfluous nonsense that's in there, because there is a lot of superfluous nonsense in there.
It is really about how people use the document, how people read it, interpret it, and apply it.
The ability to really Think about the risks associated with the procurement, how you mitigate those risks, how you manage those risks, but not being afraid of taking certain risks given the missions that we serve and the work that we're trying to do.
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