During 2001-2006 there has been a rapid building and acquisition program.

"We have not been on any type of acquisition program," he said in an interview yesterday.

His office tracks 200 major acquisition programs and writes about 100 reports on them each year.

However, the military services continued to retain oversight of the major acquisition programs.

"The whole acquisition program for the pine barrens is finally coming together."

Bringing a second contracting source into military acquisition programs can dramatically lower costs and improve quality.

The Office also runs a simplified acquisition program to purchase supplies, support services, information technology, and other equipment.

While regulation, economic incentives, and acquisition programs are important, they alone cannot protect the majority of our remaining wetlands.

To fill that need, an extensive ship construction and acquisition program was inaugurated.

In July, the company proposed a $35-million stock offering to start an acquisition program using leveraged financing.