Download or read book Improvements to the Department of Defense Acquisition Process Including Certificates of Competency written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Acquisition Workforce written by John K. Needham and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pres. has announced his intention to improve the acquisition process, particularly given the half a trillion dollars the fed. gov¿t. spent in FY 2009 on acquiring goods and services. The DoD spent $384 billion in FY 2009 on goods and services -- double what it spent in 2001. A high-quality workforce with the right competencies and skill sets will be critical to improving DoD acquisitions. This report determined the efficacy of DoD¿s certification training for its acquisition workforce. It assessed: (1) DoD¿s capability to provide certification training; (2) the extent that such training reaches members of the workforce; and (3) the extent that previous training recommendations have been implemented. Charts and tables. A print on demand publication.
Download or read book Defense Acquisition Workforce written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The President has announced his intention to improve the acquisition process, particularly given the half a trillion dollars the federal government spent in fiscal year 2009 on acquiring goods and services. The Department of Defense (DOD) spent $384 billion in fiscal year 2009 on goods and services, double what it spent in 2001. A high-quality workforce with the right competencies and skill sets will be critical to improving DOD acquisitions. GAO was mandated to determine the efficacy of DOD's certification training for its acquisition workforce. GAO assessed (1) DOD's capability to provide certification training, (2) the extent that such training reaches members of the workforce, and (3) the extent that previous training recommendations have been implemented. To conduct this work, GAO compared DOD's certification training to GAO guidance for effective training programs and analyzed policies, data, and previous reports on acquisition training. GAO recommends DOD establish milestones for developing metrics to measure how certification training improves acquisition workforce capability and a time frame for acquiring and implementing an integrated information system. DOD concurred with the second but not the first recommendation. GAO continues to believe DOD needs to develop additional metrics.
Download or read book Defense acquisition improved program outcomes are possible written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Defense Acquisition Workforce written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The President has announced his intention to improve the acquisition process, particularly given the half a trillion dollars the federal government spent in fiscal year 2009 on acquiring goods and services. The Department of Defense (DOD) spent $384 billion in fiscal year 2009 on goods and servicesdouble what it spent in 2001. A high-quality workforce with the right competencies and skill sets will be critical to improving DOD acquisitions.GAO was mandated to determine the efficacy of DODs certification training for its acquisition workforce. GAO assessed (1) DODs capability to provide certification training, (2) the extent that such training reaches members of the workforce, and (3) the extent that previous training recommendations have been implemented. To conduct this work, GAO compared DODs certification training to GAO guidance for effective training programs and analyzed policies, data, and previous reports on acquisition training.
Download or read book Defense Acquisitions written by Michael J. Sullivan and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review includes the feasibility and advisability of: (1) estab. a process in which the commanders of combatant commands provide input on the capabilities needed to accomplish their missions over 15 years or more; (2) estab. a materiel solutions process for addressing identified gaps in critical warfighting capabilities; (3) revising the acquisition process by estab. shorter, more frequent acquisition program milestones; (4) requiring the milestone decision authority to specify the period of time that will be required to deliver an initial operational capability; (5) estab. a new office to provide independent cost and performance est.; (6) requiring certifications of program status; and (7) modifying the role played by the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces. Illus.
Download or read book Defense Management Implementation of the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Systems Acquisitions Process and Its Limitations in the Department of Defense written by William G. Svetlich and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Acquisition Improvement Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Acquisition written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Acquisitions written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerous persistent problems have resulted in reduced effectiveness and have exposed DOD to unnecessary risks when acquiring services. The growth in obligations on service contracts from $85.1 billion in fiscal year 1996 to more than $151 billion in fiscal year 2006 reflects a growing reliance on contractors to provide a range of mission-critical services. At the same time, DOD's civilian workforce was downsized without sufficient attention to requisite skills and competencies. Within this environment, our work, as well as that of some agency Inspectors General, have identified numerous instances of weak business practices poorly defined requirements, inadequate competition, insufficient guidance and leadership, inadequate monitoring of contractor performance, and inappropriate uses of other agencies contracts and contracting services. Collectively, these problems expose DOD to unnecessary risk, complicate efforts to hold DOD and contractors accountable for poor acquisition outcomes, and increase the potential for fraud, waste, or abuse of taxpayer dollars. DOD's structure and processes for managing services do not position the department to make service acquisitions a managed outcome. DOD has taken some actions to improve its management of services, including developing a competency model for its contracting workforce; issuing policies and guidance to improve DOD s management of contractors supporting deployed forces and its use of interagency contracts; and developing an integrated assessment of how best to acquire services. DOD leadership will be critical for translating this assessment and other actions into effective frontline practices. At this point, however, DOD does not know how well its services acquisition processes are working and whether it is obtaining the services it needs while protecting DOD's and the taxpayer's interests.
Download or read book Acquisition Process in the Department of Defense written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense acquisitions improved business case is needed for Future Combat System s successful outcome report to congressional committees written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Best Practices written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategies for Acquisition Agility written by Philip S. Anton and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors analyze various approaches to speed acquisition of military capabilities and keep pace with evolving threats, assess these approaches' suitability for different conditions and acquisition types, and identify implementation issues.
Download or read book Acquisition Management written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense acquistion performance assessment executive summary written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
