Acquisition Reform DOD's Efforts to Streamline Its Acquisition System and Reduce Personnel

Abstract

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to implement the Packard Commission's recommendations for streamlining defense acquisition organizations, focusing on: (1) a comparison of the services' current acquisition organizations; (2) whether the services achieved the Commission's streamlining objectives, particularly in reducing acquisition personnel; and (3) actions needed to accomplish the streamlining objectives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1989
Accession Number
AD1170276

Entities

People

  • Frank C. Conahan

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Procurement
  • Army Procurement
  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Task Forces
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Physics

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management