DOD Contracting: Efforts Needed to Address Air Force Commercial Acquisition Risk

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) has been urged by commissions, legislation, and a panel to make increased use of commercial acquisition to achieve certain benefits. To help ensure the increased use of commercial acquisition, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) established and the Air Force implemented two commercial acquisition goals to be achieved by the end of fiscal year 2005. In setting these goals, OSD expected that the increased use of commercial acquisition would provide DOD with greater access to commercial markets (products and service types) with increased competition, better prices, and new market entrants and/or technologies. The committee asked GAO to identify (1) the extent to which the Air Force has increased its use of commercial acquisition to obtain expected benefits and (2) the risks that are associated with this use.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 29, 2006
Accession Number
AD1156687

Entities

People

  • Katherine V. Schinasi

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Communication Equipment
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Aircraft
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.