Download or read book The Packard Commission Report and Defense Acquisition Organization written by David E. Lockwood and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Impact of the Packard Commission Report Within USAF and DoD written by William D. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two years, there have been sweeping changes initiated in defense acquisition. One of the key forces for acquisition change has been the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management--often called the Packard Commission. This monograph provides an independent view of the packard Commission recommendations, the related congressional legislation, and how the DoD should and will implement both the recommended and directed changes. It is intended to be a useful tool in understanding what has happened, what may happen in the future, and what impact these changes may have on various levels within the defense acquisition systems. Topics include: The Packard Commission Report and Congress, and its impact on the Air Staff and Air Force Secretariat, and its influence on financial management, and the System Program Office; and Defense acquisition in A.D. 2007--A prescriptive history (Beyond the Packard Commission report).

Download or read book Defense Acquisition Observations Two Years After the Packard Commission Volume 2 Background Papers written by Barbara A. Bicksler and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1986 Packard Commission report recommended changes in the defense acquisition process to reduce development times and costs and to produce weapons better suited to war fighters' needs. These recommendations included restructuring the acquisition organization, improving the work force, overhauling the acquisition decision-making process, and reforming regulations. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition requested this study to help inform the next administration about the current status of acquisition reform: what has been tried, what is working, and what isn't. It asked IDA to review developments within the Department in the last two years, to provide a progress report on acquisition reform, to make observations on the current status of the acquisition process, and to recommend priorities for further actions. Volume I of this report summarizes IDA's findings and recommendations. IDA provides an assessment of the extent to which DoD has implemented the kind of management that the Packard Commission advocated. It notes several improvements but concludes that DoD has not yet made the fundamental changes required to implement the Commission's basic philosophy. IDA recommended actions in several areas in the next administration: organization, decision-making, personnel and procurement practices. Volume II contains background papers that provide an in-depth examination of selected issues in support of these recommendations.

Download or read book Department of Defense Implementation of the Packard Commission Report of 1986 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Defense Acquisition Observations Two Years After the Packard Commission written by David R. Graham and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1986 Packard Commission report recommended changes in the defense acquisition process to reduce development times and costs and to produce weapons better suited to war fighters' needs. These recommendations included restructuring the acquisition organization, improving the work force, overhauling the acquisition decision-making process, and reforming regulations. The Office of the Under Secretary for Acquisition requested this study to help inform the next administration about the current status of acquisition reform: What has been tried, what is working and what isn't. It asked IDA to review developments within the Department in the last two years, and to solicit the views of officials responsible for making the acquisition process work. It directed IDA to provide a progress report on acquisition reform, to make observations on the current status of the acquisition process, and to recommend priorities for further actions. This report summarizes IDA's findings and recommendations. It describes Presidential Directives and legislation resulting from the Packard Commission, and subsequent activity within the department. IDA's findings are based in part on a review of recent legislation, directives and other documents. In addition, IDA conducted interviews with more than 100 individuals during the Summer and Fall of 1988. The interviewees include officials in the Under Secretary's organization and other OSD components of former DoD personnel, academic experts, and officials outside of DoD.

Download or read book A Formula for Action written by United States. President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Acquisition Findings in the Report of the President s Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Defense Acquisition Policy and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Commission on Government Procurement written by United States. Commission on Government Procurement and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Acquisition Reform written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Providing the Means of War written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2005 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Defense Management Status of Recommendations by Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Quest for Excellence written by United States. President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Acquisition Reform Defense Management Report Savings Initiatives written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1986 report by the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management (commonly known as the Packard Commission) made many recommendations to improve the management and organization of the Department of Defense (DOD). In February 1989, the President directed the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan to fully implement the Commission's recommendations, as well as to substantially improve defense management overall. In July 1989, the President approved and the Secretary issued the Defense Management Report (DMR) which outlined actions needed to improve DOD management. In January 1990, DOD issued a status report on DMR implementation that contained specific management improvement initiatives intended to (1) save an estimated $39 billion in program costs and (2) eliminate an estimated 42,900 civilian and military positions over fiscal year 1991-95. DOD's implementation of several of the DMR savings initiatives have been evaluated. Specific objectives were to (1) determine the status of those initiatives, (2) evaluate the savings estimated to result from implementing some major (high dollar) initiatives, and (3) determine whether the services have reduced the number of acquisition personnel since the Packard Commission's 1986 recommendation.

Download or read book Defense Acquisition written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Introduction to Defense Acquisition Management written by Joseph H. Schmoll and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 52 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 1988 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Army Acquisition Management A Quest for Excellence Or a Tilting of Windmills written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1986, the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management (Packard Commission) published A Quest for Excellence, Final Report to the President. Subsequently, National Security Directive 219 directed implementation of the recommendations in the report and the Goldwater-Nichols Act incorporated many of the recommendations into law. This study examines one aspect of the Commission's report, Acquisition Organization and Procedures, and addresses how well the Army has implemented the spirit as well as the content of the recommendations. A structured questionnaire was sent to the 318 personnel who had served as Program/Project/Product Managers since employed by the government in November 1990. A total of 255 responded. The study concluded that neither the spirit nor the content of the Packard Commission recommendations has been implemented by the Army. The major findings include: the organizational structures and procedures recommended by the Commission added to, rather than replaced, the old way of doing business; the changes neither added stability, nor streamlined reporting; better and earlier coordination was found to be needed between the acquisition and testing communities; and the inability of the war fighter to defend requirements precludes effective acquisition reform.