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...
View ArticleFor 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),...
View ArticleMilitary 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...
View ArticleCollaborative 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...
View ArticleMaritime 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWorld 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...
View ArticleBuilding 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...
View ArticleBetter 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...
View ArticleDefense 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...
View ArticleWhipping 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...
View ArticleStaff 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...
View ArticleWorkforce 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...
View ArticlePersonal 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...
View ArticleShould 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.,...
View ArticleCommon 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...
View ArticleDefense 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...
View ArticleKeeping 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...
View ArticleSomething 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...
View ArticlePerformance 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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