DOD-Sponsored R&D Centers,

Abstract

We are taking these actions to deal with concerns, both real and perceived, that these centers have not been right-sized; that they are working in areas beyond the core interests of the Department; and that the centers are using their special status to gain an unfair competitive advantage over commercial firms. The Department has scrutinized the operations of our FFRDCs and our University Affiliated Research Centers over the past year. We have conducted numerous independent studies and reviews and we have now introduced four major initiatives designed to manage these organizations more effectively, including: Limiting the program content of these R&D centers to "core work;" Establishing stringent criteria for the acceptance of non-core work by an R&D center's parent corporation; * Chartering an independent advisory committee to review the Department's management and oversight of FFRDCs and UARCs; Developing a new set of guidelines to ensure that the management fee provided to FFRDCs is based on justified need.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 1996
Accession Number
ADA339386

Entities

People

  • Paul G. Kaminski

Organizations

  • Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Cooperative Engagement Capability
  • Corporations
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • National Security
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Procurement
  • Space Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Workload

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design