Defense AT and L. Volume 45, Number 3

Abstract

Since I returned to government 6 years ago. I have been working with the acquisition workforce and defense industry to improve defense acquisition performance. There is a lot of evidence that we are moving in the right direction. We have also effectively partnered with Congress on some initiatives, and we are in the midst of a new cycle of congressionally led efforts to improve defense acquisitionas in other cases with the label of acquisition reform. "I would like to share some thoughts with you about the limitations of legislative tools, and also explain why I believe that lasting improvements must come from within the Department of Defense (DoD)from our own efforts. Legislation can make our job easier or harder, but it cant do this job for us. I recently was asked by Chairman Mac Thornberry to attend a roundtable on acquisition reform with the House Armed Services Committee. This article is based in part on the thoughts I communicated to the committee.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1015916

Entities

People

  • Benjamin Tyree

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Community Of Practice
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Employment
  • Information Systems
  • Knowledge Management
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Social Media
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • Teamwork
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Educational Psychology
  • Occupational Health and Safety.