GSA's Drabkin heads to Northrop Grumman

David Drabkin, the soon-to-retire deputy chief acquisition officer at the General Services Administration, has taken a job at Northrop Grumman, a company spokesman has said.

Drabkin starts March 8 as the company’s director of acquisition policy. In his new role, he will be responsible for coordinating the company’s efforts related to pending and upcoming acquisition regulations and policy at the Defense Department and other government agencies. He also will lead internal coordination of congressional relations related to acquisition policy and reform and represent the company at numerous acquisition and similar professional associations.

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As GSA's deputy CAO, Drabkin was responsible for developing acquisition policies for GSA and the federal acquisition workforce through the Federal Acquisition Institute. He was also the No. 3 procurement official in the federal government and  one of four members of the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council, which sets governmentwide policy. He served as a member of the Civilian Acquisition Advisory Committee and worked on policies related to the Federal Acquisition Regulation and GSA’s acquisition manual and training programs.

Drabkin became GSA’s senior procurement executive in 2000, after having served 20 years in the Defense Department in various positions, including the assistant deputy under secretary of defense for acquisition reform, acquisition process and policies.