Defense Acquisition Transformation Report to Congress
Abstract
Pursuant to section 804 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, Public Law 109-364, this is the first report on the Department of Defense's ongoing Acquisition Transformation initiatives and the goals that it has established to achieve change. It provides implementation plans to reform the Defense Acquisition System in the Department of Defense to keep pace with changing demands and adapt to new challenges. The report is not all-inclusive, however, and will be supplemented by Congressional testimony and consultations with Congress between the biannual updates. The Department has reviewed the underlying reports that serve as the basis for this report: the Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment Project (DAPA, January 2006); the Defense Science Board Summer Study on Transformation, "A Progress Assessment" (February 2006); the Center for Strategic and International Studies report, "Beyond Goldwater Nichols: U.S. Government and Defense Reform for a New Strategic Era" (July 2005); and the Quadrennial Defense Review (February 2006). Recognizing that each of these reports was commissioned by different authorities and for different purposes, this review concluded that their respective recommendations have common themes. Those themes have been converted into current initiatives and for the purposes of this report are put into a framework of workforce, acquisition, requirements, budget, industry, and organization. A sense of urgency has been established by the Department to streamline and simplify the Acquisition System with aggressive initiatives to provide lasting solutions for predictable performance. DoD is tracking milestones to ensure that the desired outcomes in this transformation are achieved.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA469464
Entities
People
- Kenneth J. Krieg
Organizations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense