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Data Requirements Review Boards and Their Importance

To print a PDF copy of this article, click here. Author: David Adams It’s a fact. Every day we are inundated with data coming at us from all directions—from work and family—via the electronic gadgets...

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For Hire: Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance–Small Firms Meet Growing...

To print a PDF copy of this article, click here. Author: France Hoang Within seconds of recognizing something out of the ordinary on a real-time video feed from a nearby unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV),...

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Military Throwaways? Why Acquirers Should Go Disposable

To print a PDF copy of this article, click here. Maj. Patrick Dugan, USAF, Maj. Jon D. McComb, USAF, Maj. Chad Steipp, USAF The military tends to keep equipment for a long time. Unfortunately, extended...

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Collaborative Supply-Base Risk Assessment–Uncovering Risk With Suppliers...

To print a PDF copy of this article, click here. Authors: Jeff Sorenson, Kevin Krot, Jason Krajcovic, and Andrew Webb “No other supplier can provide you the service that we do.” “Next year’s workload...

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Maritime Autonomy–Reducing the Risk in a High-Risk Program

To print a PDF copy of this article, click here. Author: David Antanitus The fielding of independently deployed unmanned surface vessels designed from the ground up for no person to step aboard at any...

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The International Defense System After-Action Review – An Industry Perspective

To print a PDF copy of this article, click here. Author: Lawrence E. Casper This is the fourth in a series of articles by the author on international defense sales. The previous three articles appeared...

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World War, Then and Now–World War III in the 21st Century

To print a PDF copy of this article, click here. Author: Craig Arndt, D. Eng. This is the first of three articles addressing some of the challenges facing the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in...

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Building Resilient Systems Via Strong Human Systems Integration

To print a PDF copy of this article, click here. Author: Mica R. Endsley, Ph.D. Imagine a land called Nonods in which the people built a great many bridges. These bridges had a tendency to collapse...

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Better Buying Power Principles – What Are They?

To print a PDF copy of this article, click here. Author: Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Inevitably, whenever any senior leader embarks on a set of...

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Defense AT&L: January – February 2016

To print a PDF copy of the complete issue, click here. Individual articles can be printed from the articles themselves. Better Buying Power Principles: What Are They? Building Resilient Systems Via...

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Whipping Procrastination

Roy Wood, Ph.D. I would have written this article earlier, except I was procrastinating. This happens to me a lot, which is surprising since many consider me to be fairly productive. I believe we are...

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Staff Specialist Survival Course

Author: Peter Czech Mickey Thomas, a staff specialist in the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), looked down as her phone rang for the third time in less than an hour. She immediately recognized the...

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Workforce Achievement Awards 2015

The Defense Acquisition Workforce Individual Achievement Awards were established to recognize and motivate individuals who have demonstrated excellent performance in the acquisition of products and...

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Personal Services Contracts: Is It Time to Lift the Ban?

Author: Steven A. Fasko It is no surprise to those of us in the Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition workforce that contractors are well integrated into our daily routine. The integration of...

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Should Cost: A Strategy for Managing Military Systems’ Money

Author: Jennifer A. Miller Constituents gawk at the costs that intermediaries sometimes report that the Department of Defense (DoD) spent on goods and services. “A toilet, hammer, toner, etc.,...

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Common Feedback to Unsuccessful Bidders

Author: Anthony J. Davis The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) allow several opportunities for the government to provide feedback to bidders during or after competitions. The post-award debriefing...

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Defense Technology and Trade Initiative: Ashton Carter’s Strategy in India

Author: Amit K. Maitra In early June 2015, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter met with senior Indian officials to work on initiatives that were set in motion during President Obama’s January 2015 visit...

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Keeping Naval Guns Ready

Author: David L. Rogers Close a major maritime chokepoint and “the price of gasoline would quadruple in six weeks,” Secretary of the Navy Raymond Mabus said. Therefore, U.S. naval ships operate...

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Something for Nothing–“Cash Flow” as a Contract Incentive

Authors: John Pritchard and John Krieger During our combined 70 years in acquisitions, we often have wondered why the government believes it needs to devote additional resources for incentives to...

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Performance Based Logistics … What’s Stopping Us?

Authors: Jim Davis, Dean Newman, and Mike Kotzian Nearly everyone agrees that performance based logistics (PBL) solutions can be effective logistics support vehicles that can improve both readiness and...

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