Download or read book Metrics for the Quadrennial Defense Review s Operational Goals written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense has adopted a capabilities-based approach to defense planning for transforming the U.S. military to meet newly emerging national security challenges. Capabilities-based planning focuses on developing the general wherewithal to fight successfully in a wide range of circumstances rather than only in stereotyped scenarios. The 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review highlighted what it called six specific operational goals for the focus of the transformation. It then sought metrics for evaluating, advancing, and monitoring progress in attaining those goals. This documented briefing contains the slides and text of a briefing that describes a first cut at identifying such metrics. The research reported here was conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center (ATPC) as part of RAND's Metrics for the QDR Transformation Operational Goals project, a cross-cutting effort sponsored by the advisory board of RAND's National Defense Research Institute (NDRI), a federally funded research and development center supported by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the unified commands, and the defense agencies. The research reported here was conducted in early 2002, and results were presented to NDRI's advisory board in April 2002. This documented briefing should be of interest to those involved in defense planning, particularly as it relates to transforming the U.S. armed forces.
Download or read book Metrics for the Quadrennial Defense Review s Operational Goals written by Charles T. Kelley and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2003 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes a first cut at identifying metrics for evaluating, advancing, and monitoring progress toward attaining the six operational goals highlighted in the 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review.
Download or read book Strategic Goals Implementation Plan V2 0 written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT & L)) 2007 Strategic Goals Implementation Plan aligned AT & L with the defense enterprise by "flowing down" the national and defense strategic guidance, particularly the Quadrennial Defense Review, into seven organizational goals. The USD(AT & L) team used time-certain initiatives, metrics, and assigned leadership to track progress and adjust efforts as necessary. The plan was updated in March and June 2007, following tri-annual reviews. We have built the 2008 AT & L Implementation Plan on the 2007 plan. We are establishing four enterprise-level strategic thrusts. The four enterprise-level strategic thrusts are grounded in a set of guiding principles, proactive approaches, and specific initiatives/goals and metrics articulated by the USD(AT & L), and captured in this plan and the USD(AT & L) Source Document. Our 2008 plan, particularly Strategic Thrust #4, was guided by the Deputy Secretary of Defense's August 2007 DoD Transformation Priorities, the most recent statement of future defense direction. Additionally, we are also continuing efforts on the seven goals which have been updated.
Download or read book American Defense Policy written by Paul J. Bolt and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Defense Policy has been a mainstay for instructors of courses in political science, international relations, military affairs, and American national security for over 25 years. The updated and thoroughly revised eighth edition considers questions of continuity and change in America's defense policy in the face of a global climate beset by geopolitical tensions, rapid technological change, and terrorist violence. On September 11, 2001, the seemingly impervious United States was handed a very sharp reality check. In this new atmosphere of fear and vulnerability, policy makers were forced to make national security their highest priority, implementing laws and military spending initiatives to combat the threat of international terrorism.In this volume, experts examine the many factors that shape today's security landscape - America's values, the preparation of future defense leaders, the efforts to apply what we have learned from Afghanistan and Iraq...
Download or read book Naval Analytical Capabilities written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-09-26 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naval Analytical Capabilities assesses current Department of Defense initiatives and the Department of the Navy's progress in transitioning from a requirements-based to a capabilities-based organization. The report also provides recommendations aimed at improving the organizational structure of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to best position the Chief of Naval Operations to fulfill his Title 10 (U.S. Code on Armed Forces) responsibilities. This report addresses key elements of capabilities-based planning, examines Navy analytical processes, and recommends an approach to making improvements.
Download or read book Quadrennial Defense Review Future Reviews Could benefit from Improved Department of Defense Analyses and Changes to Legislative Requirements written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategic Goals Implementation Plan V3 0 written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT&L)) Strategic Goals Implementation Plan aligns AT&L with the defense enterprise by flowing down the national and defense strategic guidance, particularly the Quadrennial Defense Review, into four strategic thrusts and seven organizational goals. The four enterprise-level strategic thrusts are grounded in a set of guiding principles, proactive approaches, and specific initiatives/goals and metrics articulated by the USD(AT&L), and captured in this plan and the USD(AT&L) Source Document. Our 2008 plan, particularly Strategic Thrust #4, was guided by the Deputy Secretary of Defense s August 2007 DoD Transformation Priorities. The USD(AT&L) team used time-certain initiatives, metrics, and assigned leadership to track progress and adjust efforts as necessary. The plan was updated in March, June, and September 2007, and again in January, July, and September 2008, following tri-annual reviews. This update reflects status as of September 2008. In mid-September, USD(AT&L) hosted an off-site with senior-level leaders. Although we still have a long journey before us, we are satisfied with the progress we have made to date. We are particularly proud of the successes in fielding the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle, swiftly implementing Wounded Warrior recommendations, populating the AT&L workforce with trained Lean Six Sigma Black and Green Belts, and working toward a goal of saving the taxpayers $15 billion dollars. These items are but a narrow sample of the continued achievements of the AT&L workforce.
Download or read book Quadrennial Defense Review written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Department of Defense Quadrennial Defense Review written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Science for Counterterrorism written by Paul K. Davis and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employs an interdisciplinary, social science approach to various counterterrorism questions, problems, and policies.
Download or read book Department of Defense appropriations for 2004 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of U S National Security written by Derek S. Reveron and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National security is pervasive in government and society, but there is little scholarly attention devoted to understanding the context, institutions, and processes the U.S. government uses to promote the general welfare. The Oxford Handbook of U.S. National Security aims to fill this gap. Coming from academia and the national security community, its contributors analyze key institutions and processes that promote the peace and prosperity of the United States and, by extension, its allies and other partners. By examining contemporary challenges to U.S. national security, contributors consider ways to advance national interests. The United States is entering uncharted waters. The assumptions and verities of the Washington consensus and the early post-Cold War have broken down. After 15 years of war and the inability of two presidents to set a new long-term U.S. foreign policy approach in place, the uncertainties of the Trump administration symbolize the questioning of assumptions that is now going on as Americans work to re-define their place in the world. This handbook serves as a "how to" guide for students and practitioners to understand the key issues and roadblocks confronting those working to improve national security. The first section establishes the scope of national security highlighting the important debates to bridge the practitioner and scholarly approaches to national security. The second section outlines the major national security actors in the U.S. government, describes the legislative authorities and appropriations available to each institution, and considers the organizational essence of each actor to explain behavior during policy discussions. It also examines the tools of national security such as diplomacy, arms control, and economic statecraft. The third section focuses on underlying strategic approaches to national security addressing deterrence, nuclear and cyber issues, and multilateral approaches to foreign policy. The final section surveys the landscape of contemporary national security challenges. This is a critical resource for anyone trying to understand the complex mechanisms and institutions that govern U.S. national security.
Download or read book Preparedness Against Terrorist Attacks written by Tillie K. Fowler and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001-06 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the Federal Government's programs that are designed to assist State and local emergency officials in preparing for a terrorist attack involving nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. Witnesses: Charles Cagin, Acting Assist. Sec. of Defense (Reserve Affairs), DoD; John Eversole, Chicago Fire Dept., and Chair, Haz. Materials Comm., Internat. Assoc. of Fire Chiefs; Mark Gebicke, Dir., Nat. Security and Preparedness Issues, GAO; Catherine Light, Dir., Office of National Security Affairs, FEMA; Barbara Martinez, Deputy Dir., Nat. Domestic Preparedness Office, FBI; and Ann Simank, Oklahoma City Council Member, on behalf of the Nat. League of Cities.
Download or read book Preparedness Against Terrorist Attacks written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Options for Restructuring the Army written by Adam Talaber and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Army has seen its missions grow in number and intensity in recent years with the global war on terrorism and the invasion and occupation of Iraq. The resulting levels of stress that have been placed on the Army's active and reserve components have generated public debate about whether the Army's present organization is adequate for the roles that the service is playing now and will play in the foreseeable future. At the same time, the Army has begun an extensive restructuring effort, called modularity, that is designed to significantly alter how the service is organized and how it operates in the field. This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study - prepared at the request of the House Committee on Armed Services - examines the Army's capability to fight wars, sustain long deployments, and deploy rapidly to overseas operations, as well as its dependence on personnel and units in the reserve component. This study also analyzes eight options for restructuring the Army, each of which would either increase the Army's ability to perform some types of missions or decrease its reliance on the reserve component. The options offer a broad overview of the general types of policy choices and trade-offs that decisionmakers will face when considering the size, structure, and capability of any plan for reorganizing the Army. In keeping with CBO's mandate to provide impartial analysis, this study makes no recommendations.
Download or read book Air Force Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Secretary of Defense to the President and the Congress written by United States. Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
