The phrase "acquisition officials" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to procurement, purchasing, or the management of resources within organizations or government entities.
Example: "The acquisition officials are responsible for overseeing the procurement process and ensuring compliance with regulations."
Alternatives: "procurement officers" or "purchasing agents".
Pentagon acquisition officials are pushing the Army to buy 650 Comanches, fewer than the 679 requested.
Top Pentagon acquisition officials plan to discuss options this weekend at a meeting with executives from Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor on the $300 billion program, the military's largest.
The Inside Defense report continued that "In testimony prepared for Congress last month, Pentagon acquisition officials -- including acting acquisition chief, Frank Kendall, and Vice Adm. David Venlet, director of the F-35 program office -- disclosed less than half of the potential costs DOD expects will be required to procure the low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 4 aircraft..
In a response to the office, John J. Young Jr., the Pentagon's top acquisition official, said department officials had "instituted several major changes that are beginning to show results".
Ashton B. Carter, the Pentagon's top acquisition official, warned in February that the largest military contractors would not be allowed to merge.
Last March, the most senior acquisition official in the Defense Department, Ashton Carter, testified before Congress that Pratt & Whitney had been awarded a noncompetitive contract for the engine.
But Nancy L. Spruill, a Pentagon acquisition official, added in a letter to the auditors that the military was determined to "address cost growth where it is real and unacceptable".
Ashton B. Carter, the Pentagon's top acquisition official, said at the hearing that the problems had been building for several years.
John J. Young Jr., the Pentagon's top acquisition official, released a statement saying that he agreed that there was still significant room for improvement.
The e-mail messages were addressed to a long list of senior officials, including Michael W. Wynne, the Pentagon's top acquisition official; Nancy L. Spruill, another top acquisition official; Gen. John Jumper, the Air Force chief of staff; and others involved in the debate about how the Pentagon should respond to Boeing's decision to dismiss the officials involved in the tanker deal.
"For me, this is a precursor of what we're trying to do across the board," said David M. Van Buren, a top Air Force acquisition official, though that could be easier said than done with more complex weapons.
