Author: Elliott Vanveltner ConversePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cold War
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
History of Acquisition in the Department of Defense
Author: Elliott Vanveltner ConversePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cold War
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
History of Acquisition in the Department of Defense
Author: History of acquisition in the Department of Defense
Author: Elliott Vanveltner ConversePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cold War
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Defense Acquisition Reform, 1960-2009
Author: John Ronald FoxPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160866975
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Center of Military History Publication 51-3-1. By J. Ronald Fox, et al. Discusses reform initiatives from 1960 to the present and concludes with prescriptions for future changes to the acquisition culture of the services, DoD, and industry.
History of Acquisition in the Dept. of Defense, Vol. II, Adapting to Flexible Response 1960-1968, 2013
Author: Providing the Means of War
Author: Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160876219
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Introduction to Defense Acquisition Management
Author: Publisher: Defense Acquisition University
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
"This ninth edition of Introduction to Defense Acquisition Management includes revisions to the regulatory framework for Defense systems acquisition management from the December 2008 Department of Defense Instruction 5000.02 and includes policy for determining requirements for defense systems from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 3170 series, Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System. This publication is designed to be both an introduction to the world of defense systems acquisition management for the newcomer and a summary-level refresher for the practitioner who has been away from the business for a few years. It focuses on Department of Defense-wide management policies and procedures, not on the details of any specific defense system."--Publisher's website.
Establishing a Framework for the Oversight of Major Defense Acquisition Programs - A Historical Analysis
Author: Diane I. K. KuderikPublisher:
ISBN: 9781423516392
Category : Logistics
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Department of Defense (DoD) has budgeted over $134.5 billion for Fiscal Year 2004 for Acquisition, yet little is written about the personnel responsible for managing and evaluating Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) -- those who perform Acquisition Oversight (AO). The AO process has not been studied in a disciplined manner during its 40-year history. Congress, past Administrations, and the DoD Inspector General have commissioned several studies on the AO Process. Recommendations were considered and implemented such that the process evolved to where it stands today. Over 40 years separate the first iteration with the latest version. Commission reports, countless studies, and historians agree on the need for oversight in military acquisitions; they agree that the system takes too much money, takes too long, and does not perform as well as most would wish; yet they disagree on who should perform oversight. This thesis has three objectives: define, document, and utilize available literature to identify the organizations involved with the process as it evolved to its form today; build models of the AO process with emphasis on the chain of command as it existed in the l950s, l960s, l970s, l980s, and today; and evaluate each model on its ability to accomplish seven goals derived from Clinton's 1994 Process Action Team on AO report. The thesis was limited to the DoD AO Process as it historically existed between the Air Force and the Secretary of Defense, or those serving similar positions. The author reviewed relevant literature to model historical oversight hierarchies. Then expert opinions were gathered from that literature on how well the oversight process models performed. As expected, the oversight process has improved over time, but further improvements are currently being sought. Those seeking improvement would do well to study past processes and learn from their mistakes. (13 tables, 11 figures, 41 refs.)
A History of the Defense Systems Management College
Author: David D. AckerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military education
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Defense acquisition : improved program outcomes are possible
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428975535
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
We are pleased to be here today to discuss issues facing the Department of Defense (DOD) in its acquisition of weapon systems, related spare parts, and other goods and services. In response to the many changes that have been witnessed in the defense acquisition environment over the last few years, DOD has begun broad-based changes to its acquisition and contracting processes. However, weapon programs continue to have questionable requirements; unrealistic cost, schedule, and performance estimates; and strategies that begin production before adequate testing has been completed. This discussion of acquisition issues is well-timed, as DOD implements plans to increase its procurement budget to $60 billion in fiscal year 2001-a 40-percent increase over last fiscal year's budget. My testimony focuses on a different approach to improving weapon acquisition outcomes based on best commercial practices and an understanding of the acquisition culture. My testimony also includes some observations on (1) DOD'S management of its acquisition workforce and organization, (2) DOD'S experience with commercial pricing of spare parts, (3) the effectiveness of DOD'S mentor-protege pilot program, and (4) federal agencies' use of multiple award task- and delivery-order contracts.