Defense Science and Technology: Actions Needed to Enhance Use of Laboratory Initiated Research Authority

Abstract

The Department of Defense relies on its laboratories to help keep the military on the cutting edge of technology. Congress has given DOD's labs special "authorities"flexibilities that lab directors can use to foster innovation and improve efficiency. We looked at how DOD labs use authorities to: fund high priority research projects, speed up lab hiring processes, manage labs with greater efficiency and less red tape, make small purchases to support lab activities more quickly. While labs have taken advantage of most of these authorities, we recommended that they find ways to maximize their use.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1152324

Entities

People

  • Brian H Smith
  • Carl Ramirez
  • Charlie Iii Shivers
  • Christopher R. Durbin
  • Emily Bond
  • Lorraine Ettaro
  • Michael J. Sullivan
  • Robin Wilson
  • Sean Seales
  • Sylvia Schatz

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Human Resources
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Scientists
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Research Science/Academic Research