Building a Broader Evidence Base for Defense Acquisition Policymaking

Abstract

One of the primary responsibilities of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD [A and S]) is to ensure the health of the overall defense acquisition system(DAS) - distinct from the health of any particular acquisition program, portfolio, or pathway. USD (A and S) can bolster the health of the DAS by developing and promulgating sound acquisition policy that improves the function and operation of the DAS at the enterprise level. The premise of this report -and the premise of the leadership of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD[A and S]) - is that acquisition policymaking should be data driven. However, there are limitations to relying on empirical (e.g., historical) data to guide acquisition policy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1154927

Entities

People

  • Elizabeth M. Bartels
  • Jeffrey A. Drezner
  • Joel B. Predd

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Corporations
  • Data Sets
  • Defense Planning
  • Department Of Defense
  • Earth Orbits
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Intellectual Property
  • Judgment
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Program Management
  • Prototypes
  • Public Policy
  • Sustainment
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unified Combatant Commands

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design