Download or read book Defense Contract Management Agency Acquisition Workforce for Southwest Asia written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The overall objective of this audit was to determine Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) requirements to support Southwest Asia (SWA) contracting operations and the number of available DCMA civilian, military, foreign national, and support contractors supporting the operations. Specifically, we determined whether DCMA identified its requirements to support SWA contracting operations. In addition, we evaluated whether the DCMA acquisition workforce for SWA was adequately trained and certified.
Download or read book Urgent Reform Required Army Expeditionary Contracting written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Army Use of Time and Materials Contracts in Southwest Asia written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense Inspector General (DoD IG) reviewed Army time-and-materials (T & M) contracts and task orders for Southwest Asia to determine if they were awarded and administered in accordance with acquisition regulations. DoD IG reviewed 18 contracts and task orders with a total value of $605,021,129. They found that Army contracting and DoD program officials did not properly award and administer the 18 T & M contracts and task orders. Contracting and program officials awarded contracts and task orders with invalid sole-source justifications or unfair competition (10 of 18), did not negotiate reasonable prices (17 of 18), and did not justify their use of the T & M contract type (12 of 18). These conditions occurred because contracting and program officials ignored acquisition regulations. In addition, contracting and program officials did not perform adequate contractor surveillance for the 18 contracts and task orders because of inadequate organization and planning by the Army officials responsible for contractor oversight. The DoD IG identified potential monetary benefits for the Government of $3,688,338. The DoD IG recommends that the Executive Director of the Army Contracting Command should do the following: (1) conduct a review and initiate appropriate administrative action on the contracting officers responsible for awarding contracts and task orders without adequate competition, sole-source justifications, or price reasonableness determinations; (2) request that the Defense Contract Audit Agency perform reviews on the contracts and task orders reviewed in this report; and (3) take corrective action to ensure that contracting officers develop plans for sufficient contract oversight of T & M contracts in Southwest Asia. Also, contract oversight officials should be located at the place of contractor performance to ensure effective surveillance.
Download or read book Acquisition Workforce written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO's continuing reviews of the acquisition workforce, focusing on the Department of Defense (DOD); the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Energy, and Health and Human Services; the General Services Administration; and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, indicate that some of the government's largest procurement operations are not run efficiently. GAO found that requirements are not clearly defined, prices and alternatives are not fully considered, or contracts are not adequately overseen. The ongoing technological revolution requires a workforce with new knowledge, skills, and abilities, and the nature of acquisition is changing from routine simple buys toward more complex acquisitions and new business practices. DOD has adopted multidisciplinary and multifunctional definitions of their acquisition workforce, but the civilian agencies have not. DOD and the civilian agencies reviewed have developed specific training requirements for their acquisition workforce and mechanisms to track the training of acquisition personnel. All of the agencies reviewed said they had sufficient funding to provide current required core training for their acquisition workforce, but some expressed concerns about funding training for future requirements and career development, particularly because of budget cuts made recently at the Defense Acquisition University.
Download or read book Defense Management written by Janet St. Laurent and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the challenges DoD faces to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its weapon systems acquisition and contract mgmt. Weapon systems programs continue to take longer to develop, cost more, and deliver fewer quantities and capabilities than originally planned. DoD also continues to face challenges managing service contracts and contractors. The current fiscal environment combined with operational demands elevates the need to improve weapon systems acquisition and contract mgmt. DoD has taken steps in response to recommendations made over the past decade. DoD needs to: translate policy into practice; ensure steps undertaken result in intended outcomes; and conduct a reexamination of its reliance on contractors. Illus.
Download or read book Examining the Effectiveness of U S Efforts to Combat Waste Fraud Abuse and Corruption in Iraq written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book DoD s High Risk Areas Actions Needed to Reduce Vulnerabilities and Improve Business Outcomes written by Gene L. Dodaro and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dept. of Defense (DoD) spends billions of dollars to sustain key business operations intended to support the warfighter. DoD is at high risk because of vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement and also should have a broad-based transformation needed to achieve greater efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability. The author provide his views on: (1) actions needed to achieve measurable outcomes in DoD's high-risk areas; and (2) DoD's progress in strengthening its mgmt. approach for business transformation, including establishing the Chief Mgmt. Officer position. Includes info. regarding the high-risk area related to contract mgmt. at the Dept. of Energy's National Nuclear Security Admin. Illustrations.
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Download or read book Acquisition Management written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) compared the workforce reductions taken in the Department of Defense's (DOD) acquisition organizations from fiscal year (FY) 1993 through FY 1997 with the reductions taken in DOD's overall workforce during that timeframe; and (2) identified initiatives the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and the Defense Contract Management Command (DCMC) have taken in their contract oversight responsibilities to compensate for the reduction in their staff. GAO noted that: (1) DOD's acquisition workforce is decreasing slightly faster than DOD's overall workforce; (2) from FY 1993 through FY 1997, the number of personnel in DOD's overall workforce decreased by 17.5 percent; (3) during the same timeframe, civilian personnel in DOD's acquisition workforce decreased by 24 percent, while the military personnel in the acquisition workforce decreased by 28 percent; (4) throughout this 5-year period, DOD's civilian acquisition workforce remained at roughly 30 percent of DOD's overall civilian workforce; (5) since 1993, the two organizations directly associated with contractor oversight, DCAA and DCMC, have had personnel reductions of roughly 19 and 27 percent, respectively; and (6) according to DCAA and DCMC officials, the organizations have implemented a variety of risk-based initiatives and reengineering programs during this timeframe as their respective workforces have been reduced.
Download or read book The Department of Defense at High Risk written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Department of Defense Appropriations for 2010 Part 1 February 11 2009 111 1 Hearings written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The DISAM Journal of International Security Assistance Management written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 428 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 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 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 Department of Defense s Management of Costs Under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program LOGCAP Contract in Iraq written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Management DoD Needs to Reexamine Its Extensive Reliance on Contractors and Continue to Improve Management and Oversight written by David M. Walker and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fed. gov¿t., incl. the DoD, is relying on contractors to carry out many of its missions. Governmentwide spending on contractor services has more than doubled in the last 10 years. DoD has used contractors extensively to support troops deployed abroad; there are about 196,000 contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. While contractors can play an important role in helping agencies accomplish their missions, there have been problems regarding the appropriate role and mgmt. of contractors, particularly at DoD. This testimony highlights the challenges DoD has had in managing its increased reliance on contractors who support deployed troops and who provide logistics support for weapons. Includes recommendations.
