The National Defense Stockpile: An Organizational Perspective.

Abstract

The United States is dependent on foreign sources for many strategic and critical materials vital to its survival and national security. To counter the affects of a disruption in the supply of these materials, the US maintains a National Defense Stockpile (NDS) made up of over a hundred separate depots located in various parts of the country. The management and policy formulation of various aspects of the NDS are distributed across a wide spectrum of agencies in the Executive and Legislative Branches. These organizations along with associated legislation are examined for their impact on the policy-formulation process. This thesis also reviews organizations outside the government that affect stockpile policy. General and specific recommendations on proposed management alternatives are presented at the end of the study. Keywords: National defense stockpile; Stockpile management; Stockpile policy; Strategic materials; Critical materials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA162242

Entities

People

  • James E. Kirby Jr
  • Robert A. Batchelor

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Chemistry
  • Congress
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Federal Budgets
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Administration
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

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