An Assessment of Gaps in Business Acumen and Knowledge of Industry Within the Defense Acquisition Workforce: A Report Prepared for the U.S. Department of Defense in Compliance with Section 843(c) of the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Werber ◽  
John Ausink ◽  
Lindsay Daugherty ◽  
Brian Phillips ◽  
Felix Knutson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Department Of Defense ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
National Defense ◽  
Defense Acquisition ◽  
Acquisition Workforce ◽  
Business Acumen ◽  
The U.S

Remarks by Col. Gary Corn

2017 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 57-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Corn
Keyword(s):  
Department Of Defense ◽  
National Defense ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The U.S

First, I should note that I am speaking today in my personal capacity only, and my views do not represent those of the U.S. government, the Department of Defense, or U.S. Cyber Command. At the outset, let me provide a brief overview of U.S. Cyber Command. It is a relatively new command within the Department of Defense. Established about seven years ago as a subunified command, it is an operational headquarters at the strategic level but at the moment subordinate to U.S. Strategic Command, one of the combatant commands within the Department of Defense. The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act included a provision stating that there shall be established a combatant command known as U.S. Cyber Command. As a result, there is now a lot of movement afoot to see how we will meet that legislative intent. In all likelihood, U.S. Cyber Command will elevate at some time in the future as a full combatant command.

scholarly journals Toward Agent-based Modeling of the U.S. Department of Defense Acquisition System

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 383-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Schwenn ◽  
John Colombi ◽  
Teresa Wu ◽  
Kyle Oyama ◽  
Alan Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Department Of Defense ◽  
Agent Based Modeling ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
Defense Acquisition ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
The U.S

Analyses of the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce: Update to Methods and Results Through FY 2017

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Gates ◽  
Brian Phillips ◽  
Michael Powell ◽  
Elizabeth Roth ◽  
Joyce Marks
Keyword(s):  
Department Of Defense ◽  
Defense Acquisition ◽  
Acquisition Workforce

Impact of contract bundling and consolidation on defense acquisition system and defense industrial base: The case of the u.s. department of the navy

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max V. Kidalov
Keyword(s):  
Acquisition System ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Defense Acquisition ◽  
Industrial Base ◽  
Defense Contracting ◽  
Business Goals ◽  
Good Government ◽  
Department Of The Navy ◽  
Defense Contracts ◽  
The U.S

Despite Congressional and Presidential emphasis on reducing bundling and consolidation of defense contracts, recent studies cast doubt on whether such practices are problematic for small contractors or the defense acquisition system. Those studies proposed that bundling and consolidation are generally positive tools to procure best value. This paper tests these propositions by examining relevant U.S. Department of the Navy (DON) contracts for Fiscal Year 2010, when Congress reported record bundling and consolidation in U.S. defense contracting. Specifically, the paper looks to performance of Navy and Marine Corps buying commands in meeting small business goals and other good-government objectives such as competition, performance-based acquisitions, preference for commercial suppliers, and support for the U.S. defense industrial base. The paper recommends improvements in targeted good-government practices as measures to reduce bundling and consolidation.

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