Any compliance officers out there who believe they have a hard time working with a government-appointed compliance monitor, be quiet. United Launch Alliance has a story that tops yours.
The aerospace concern, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin to build rockets and send satellites into orbit for the U.S. government, had to accept three compliance monitors simply to start business in late 2006. That was primarily driven by pre-existing compliance demands placed upon its parent companies, plus the need to integrate the companies’ different processes from Day 1 of ULA’s existence. Then there was the small fact that as ...