Towards the Next Generation Army IT Procurement System
Abstract
In 2013, the Army purchased over $1.6billion dollars in information technology equipment from sources other than enterprise procurement vehicles through the Army Chief Information Officer/G6 Goal 1 Waiver system. Of these requests, $1.1 billion were unable to be categorized in any way, and the remaining $500 million that could be generically sorted did not provide enough information to reprogram any requests back into an EPV. As the number of waivers continues to grow each year, the Army CIO/G6 seeks to transform the Goal 1 Waiver system to meet the accountability needs of the Army while providing high quality service to the Warfighter. In this article, we present the preliminary findings of our research into the strengths and weaknesses of the existing Goal 1 Waiver program. We then propose a short term method to prioritize requests, discuss the benefits of a unified taxonomy, and explore an automated collaboration solution to streamline the process. This central tool would manage the request process from submission to formal accounting, deliver information to stakeholders, manage digital signatures, and provide decision makers with relevant metrics and analysis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1001699
Entities
People
- Alexander Vukcevic
- James N. Mark
- Michael R. Grimaila